Why do foreigners like to use forks when eating

The original origin of knives and forks is related to the living habits of ancient European nomads, who immediately carried knives with them, often cooked meat, cut it and ate it. Later, after moving towards a settled life, Europe was dominated by animal husbandry, and bread and other non-staple foods were taken directly by hand. The staple food is beef and mutton, which is cut with a knife and served in the mouth.

After settling in the city, knives and forks entered the family kitchen, so they did not have to carry them with them. Around the 15th century, the Europeans used double-pointed forks in order to improve the posture of eating. Use a knife to send the food to the mouth, and use a fork to fork the meat pieces, which looks more elegant when sent to the mouth.

The fork is the cutlery in the strict sense, but the weakness of the fork is that it is inseparable from cutting with a knife, so the two are indispensable. It was not until the end of the 17th century that the English upper class began to use three-pointed forks, and it was not until the 18th century that four-pointed forks were available. Therefore, the use of knives and forks by Westerners is only four or five hundred years old. Oh.

They quickly transitioned from the era of Ru Mao drinking blood to the modern society, the development of civilization jumped too much, and it has not yet developed to the step of using chopsticks, but eating can not always be grasped by hand, their ancestors thought of using branches to fork up to eat, with the development of the times in order to appear to be cultured and cultured, it was changed to the knife and fork of modern society.

Because foreigners like to eat beef and the like, it is generally more difficult to bite (such as steak), and not using disposable chopsticks will reduce a lot of unnecessary pollution, and it is more environmentally friendly! It's also because of the customs of foreigners.

Because they don't have chopsticks...

Maybe they think it's a minimum of respect to eat with a knife!

It's a habit.

They eat with this in the first place.

Later, although I knew that there were chopsticks.

But they don't know how to use chopsticks.

Knives, forks, and spoons used in Western food have their own uses, and cannot be substituted or mixed.

1.Knives are used to cut food, don't use a knife to pick up food and send it to your mouth. Remember:

Hold a knife in your right hand. If there are three different sizes of knives at the same time during a meal, the correct way to use them is: the one with small serrations is used to cut meat; The medium size is used to cut large slices of vegetables into small slices; The small, round-tipped knife with a slightly upturned top is used to cut through the bread and then use it to pick some jam and cream to spread on the bread.

2.Fork the left hand with the fork, fork the food to the mouth, the action should be light, pick up the appropriate amount of food and put it in the mouth at one time, do not drag a large piece, take a bite and then put it down, so it is very **. When the fork picks up the food in the mouth, the teeth only touch the food, do not bite the fork, and do not let the knife and fork make a noise on the teeth or in the plate.

3.Spoon. In formal settings, there are many kinds of spoons, the smaller ones are used for coffee and desserts; Flat ones are used for buttering and serving cakes; Relatively large ones, used to drink soup or hold small food; The largest is the one that is used for sharing soups, which are commonly found in buffets. Make no mistake.

The habits are different in each place.