Etiquette lessons?

[Jack Daw]

PEAS & FORK.

Alright here we go, UK style fork skills! First you stab a mouth sized piece of meat(tines down)then with your knife you load(by pushing gently the fork and knife together) on top of the meat some potato/swede/carrot and then with your knife you push some peas into the potato etc and onto the fork just above the meat. YOU DO NOT END UP WITH MUSHY PEAS! And then the whole caboodle is raised to the mouth. Easy really, when you get the load and loading right!

Wildrover the second type of meal that I described are actually not so rare over here and I suppose in the shooting season I will partake, in one form or another, four or five of those a week in various abodes around the UK.

Here, I have to admit to an element of my peculair eating habits. On my plate the peas and mashed potatoes must remain separate and unmixed...unless, I am eating some casserole or shepherd's pie that already has them mixed together.

[Tobus]

Here, I have to admit to an element of my peculair eating habits. On my plate the peas and mashed potatoes must remain separate and unmixed...unless, I am eating some casserole or shepherd's pie that already has them mixed together.

Same here. I am borderline neurotic about my food not touching. My wife even jokingly bought me a cafeteria-style divided tray so I wouldn't have to worry about my food touching.

The thought of having to mash all my food together like baby food, just to pick it up and eat it, is a little bit disgusting.

[Jack Daw]

Same here. I am borderline neurotic about my food not touching. My wife even jokingly bought me a cafeteria-style divided tray so I wouldn't have to worry about my food touching.

The thought of having to mash all my food together like baby food, just to pick it up and eat it, is a little bit disgusting.

Yes, I like spinach and I like potatoes, but I can't stand it when the juice from the cooked spinach runs into the potatoes and changes the flavor.