Never Be in a Soup Again with Soup!
For all the soup lovers out there who eagerly serve themselves a big bowl and carry back a platter laden with different types of bread to enjoy every sip (not slurp), but fall shy because of not knowing how to have soup in public, this is entirely for you.
I personally am not much of a soup fan and I rarely have bread, but for some of you out there, these are essential parts of your diet, therefore, knowing how to consume it with grace is equally essential.
The Instagram and Facebook pages (new- new) of Full of Etiquette have a couple of posts with illustrations which you might find useful on the topic of soup.
Here are the golden rules when it comes to soup:
01.Use the given soup spoon only for the soup
The Bouillon Soup Spoon and the Asian Soup Spoon
02.Tear off bite sized pieces of bread, butter them individually and have along with a spoon of soup (avoid dunking chinks of bread into the soup)
03.Always hold the spoon so that the handle is horizontal in front of your face (the head of the spoon is never to be directed towards you)
04.Scoop soup onto your spoon by gently dipping the spoon into the bowl and moving it away from you towards the outer edge
05.Scoop up only a quantity that you can easily sip
06.Raise the spoon and move it towards you while holding the handle horizontally throughout
07.Sip from the side of the spoon – never thrust the whole spoon in to your mouth
08.Sip! Don’t slurp! And make sure you sip quietly.
09.When you reach the bottom of the bowl, tilt it slightly outwards (away from you) and use the same swooping motion described in 04 above to fill your spoon
10.If ever you feel a little smudge, use your napkin and dab around your mouth
Enjoy sipping your soups everyone! If you have questions, send them in to info@fullofetiquette.com and to learn how to handle everything else at the dinner table, read our ‘Complete Guide to Dining Etiquette and Table Manners‘.
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