14-02-2022, 06:18 PM
I can honestly say that I do not give a toss how people butter their bread. Lucky them to have bread & butter.
Elbows OFF the table, & no talking while there was food in your mouth, & when eating anywhere fancy with loads of cutlery (extremely unlikely, but you never know) start from the outside.
Approximately one hundred years ago I had (briefly) a Canadian boyfriend, who once came to dinner. My parents were scandalised that he ate American style & didn't understand it - why didn't he eat properly now that he was in NZ!
Elbows OFF the table, & no talking while there was food in your mouth, & when eating anywhere fancy with loads of cutlery (extremely unlikely, but you never know) start from the outside.
Approximately one hundred years ago I had (briefly) a Canadian boyfriend, who once came to dinner. My parents were scandalised that he ate American style & didn't understand it - why didn't he eat properly now that he was in NZ!
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)