Etiquette lessons?

[lethearen]

Thank goodness there are no etiquette rules when drinking Scotch - just fill up the glass and drink away!

Sure there is. Don't drown it in water and ice

[Downunder Kilt]

Can anyone tell me if these sporks's are the same as splayed's (a fork, spoon and knife, all in one) which were all the rage at dinner parties in the 1970's. I have a stainless steel set that belonged to my parents and use them frequently when eating takeaway foods, (chinese, indian etc)

[Mike_Oettle]

Canuck wrote: “Each of the dozen or so times he asked me about it in the next few days, I suggested alternate wordings, like ‘bathroom’ and ‘men’s room’ but he didn’t seem to accept that such a request wouldn’t really mean he wanted to take a bath or get a whisky straight up out of sight of the ladies or something – and one suspects also that we could be so exquisitely sensitive about that one word . . . because (I fear) that we are so apparently crude about so many other things.”

The euphemism “bathroom” for a place which has only toilet facilities is one that I find really offensive. In South Africa we do call such a room a toilet (after all, the word means a place where one washes one’s hands – there is no reference in it to urinals or toilet bowls [there’s that word again!]).
Men’s room also is a euphemism of sorts, but it can pass.
Regards,
Mike

[Jock Scot]

Thank goodness there are no etiquette rules when drinking Scotch - just fill up the glass and drink away!

On the other hand if we were discussing port---------------------


Lets see how you chaps get on with that one!









Jock is now moving swiftly to his bed!

[Jordan]

Can anyone tell me if these sporks's are the same as splayed's (a fork, spoon and knife, all in one) which were all the rage at dinner parties in the 1970's. I have a stainless steel set that belonged to my parents and use them frequently when eating takeaway foods, (chinese, indian etc)

Not as such a Spork is a cross breed between a spoon and a fork, Think a spoon with tines on end

[Whidbey78]

Can anyone tell me if these sporks's are the same as splayed's (a fork, spoon and knife, all in one) which were all the rage at dinner parties in the 1970's. I have a stainless steel set that belonged to my parents and use them frequently when eating takeaway foods, (chinese, indian etc)

Well, it's two thirds of that. It's basically a spoon with short "tines" in the end. The tines are actually more like serrations on the fast-food varieties.

http://goliondfw.blogspot.com/

there is a pic halfway down the page.

[Downunder Kilt]

Thanks guys, the Splayed's are the same but have a squarer appearance and a cutting edge on one side. Not so sharp that would cut your mouth, but can cut tender meat with a bit of pressure applied.

[Pleater]

Necessarium used to be the word for it - but these days so few people have any Latin.

It isn't a word you can use in Scrabble either.

I can't think how I have managed to go through life with never a thought about which cutlery to use - it has always seemed obvious, at least so far.

Another dish which is usually eaten with the fingers is crab, which is always fun if it is available whole and in its shell. Sometimes it is served with a wooden board and small hammer, other times it is brought already cracked. I have heard of places which serve it with patented shell cracking pliers, but not yet found one.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Cygnus]

Boerewors is a traditional style of sausage characterised by being made of at least two kinds of meat. Beef, mutton and pork are the traditional meat ingredients, and then spices are added, among which coriander is a must.

Ah, Mike, you've gone and made me all nostalgic for the farmers market in the town I used to live in - there was a sweet South African girl that sold homemade boerewors that was incredible. Sadly, it's not as easy to come by where I currently live!

As for the "T word", whatever happened to the term "water closet"? Even this side of the Atlantic people ought to know to what you're referring.

[Highland Logan]

On the other hand if we were discussing port---------------------


Lets see how you chaps get on with that one!

My experience with the military says; Unstopper the decanter, charge your glass, and then pass the decanters to the left. Whether the decanter touches the table or not is a matter of local custom. No one should touch their port until the Loyal Toast.

Frank