Did you just unknowingly sip from your neighbour’s glass of water at a formal dinner? Were you confused about where to keep your bread roll after you picked it up from the bread basket? Were you wondering how to start buttering the bread?
Great – you stumbled on to the correct place. Fullofetiquette.com can help answer these baffling questions.
These are simple, easy to remember and easy to make habitual.
Your drinks, may it be water, wine or soda would be to your right.
Your breads are always to your left.
If you are likely to forget even before you stand up, try to use one of these two tips:
01. In alphabetical order, it is b for bread (on your left) and d for drinks on your right.
02. Curl your thumbs upwards and your index fingers downwards until they join each other. On your left, you would have a ‘b’ again for bread and on your right hand, you would have formed a ‘d’ for drinks.
Each piece of bread needs to be broken off with your fingers and not cut with a knife.
It needs to be broken off when needed and not shredded and stacked for buttering.
Then lather as much butter as you like and enjoy one piece at a time.
This should help you get started off on a formal meal, for a full round up of all the dining etiquette you need to know, read our ‘Complete Guide on Dining Etiquette and Table Manners‘. If you have questions or would be interested in reading about a specific aspect of etiquette, let us know at info@fullofetiquette.com.
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