Basic Dining Etiquette - The Bread and Condiments

[killerburgerprods]

This is good help if you want to go to a high class restaurant. I wouldn't care about these etiquette rules in other contexts, personally

[raymanlegy]

Damn just eat

[stelleysabel]

I don't see anything wrong with learning the right way - if you guys think it's dumb well go eat a piece of roll on your bed or something. This goes handy... and actually every teenager in the world must learn this in school... coz rich or poor, you'll never know if that young person would end up the President of the country or marry a prince ! It's easy to say it's useless and impractical when you haven't been in a fancy place where people are eyeing your every move --- trust me, YOU NEED IT

[stelleysabel]

i would tell my kids to watch this too -- people pay a lot to go to a Fine Dining Lesson...

[mgina101]

my mum makes me watch these when i use my finges for eating, Beats me!!!

[stanbalo]

i hate holding the bread with my hands so i use fork and knife to cut it. i know it is "wrong" but at least i wont get crumbs on my hands and germs!

[m1st3rh]

well i would normally cut the bread in half using the butter spreader/knife and have a half instead of breaking into pieces. I don't see any issues with that. As long as you remain civil in your eating habits (not making sounds when chewing, eat with closed mouth etc) and manners, I don't see much point in complicating things.

[Nevichka1]

If I am responsible for getting the bread started, may I take bread before doing that?

[Brigitt3Babe]

omg i'm such a feral then, I never knew that's how you eat bread! :D lol

[zeljka1990]

Very nice video! Thank you so much!

[cascadejacques]

Good God, such pretentious schoolmarmery. Break off a piece of bread & butter it individually? Please, who in all of North America does this? Honestly, this is fabricated whole & entire, seemingly to make the average person think he's an uncultured slob because he cuts his roll in half & butters it like almost everybody else on this continent.

By the way, Miss Schoolmarm should know that salt was traditionally served in piles right on the tabletop, even in "upper crust" homes. QUELLE HORREUR!

[bsharpinLondon]

@cascadejacques as a kid I had to learn this. I could have made each of these videos. I agree with you; this is pretentious and bs behaviour. I am a simple person and don't usually eat like this and the people I'm with couldn't give a crap. I am a high school teacher and one of my former students is a business major. Recently she applied for a high level position with a major corporation. Her interview was in a classy restaurant. She called me and I taught her all of this...she got the job! hum?

[cascadejacques]

@bsharpinLondon Well, if they hired her based on her knowledge of how to break pieces of bread into bits and butter each one anal-retentively, then she will not be in that job long because they're not hiring based on whether she knows her ass from a hole in the ground regarding the line of work she was hired to help with, and they will soon go under for sheer incompetence. Go figure that! Hum?

[cascadejacques]

@cascadejacques That was actually harsh, and I should apologize. But hopefully you perceive my view here; namely that this is all about making common polite, well-intentioned behavior to seem as complex, formulaic, and byzantine as possible. Trust me, all of this asinine, silly hoo-haw is to ensure this self-appointed schoolmarm's paid place as in Instructor in the Arcane Rituals of Etiquette, and nothing at all about etiquette itself. These vids are good for comic relief, but not much more.

[bsharpinLondon]

@cascadejacques I think you are missing my point. Obviously they didn't hire her for table manners; they just wanted to be sure she had the skills to rub elbows with their associates in every necessary capacity. Like it or not, these skills are important in some situations. Do you not think it is better to know this crap and have it in your back pocket when you need it than not? There have been times where this knowledge has served me well. Saying that, I'm going for a cheese burger.

[cascadejacques]

@bsharpinLondon For me, what it really comes down to is that these asinine "rules" of etiquette seem designed specifically to separate pompous asses from "commoners." I expect that elitist attitude from Europeans, but it sickens me to see Americans ape such constipated, pretentious ways. My theory is that please & thank you, a reserved demeanor, & eating in a slow, dignified manner will be manners enough at any dinner table. Worrying about which way you push the spoon in the soup is anal pomp.

[jumar1281]

@cascadejacques

i agree 100% with everything you said. this woman and her rules are SO upitty its almost painful to watch

[SeoulSarah]

@jumar1281 It's how the rich and fabulous dine!

[tommyk1214]

@cascadejacques So, I assume you are a commoner? Don't care about moving up the social ladder? Proud of your 'rustic' ways? Want your kids to grow up as peasants aswell? You probably don't care about spelling either.....

[cascadejacques]

@tommyk1214 Am I a commoner? Beats me. I guess it depends on how you measure it. I come from a lower middle class, blue collar home, so I do tend to like those people far better than the pompous, idle rich who are good for nothing other than obsessing over which spoon to use and how to properly sneer at somebody who breaks one of their asinine "rules" of social decorum. These days I make six figures, though, so my kids are in no danger of being commoners. Hope that makes you feel better.

[tommyk1214]

@cascadejacques Hmmm, if you don't teach your kids these rules they are still "in danger of becomeing commoners" as you put it...I don't care really, I wouldn't "feel better", but I think your kids will be thankful that you provided them with some extra useful knowledge when they grow up.

[dwhitedewil]

Dining Etiquette is nothing but simple common sense

[Hiromimydestiny]

Butter spreader...lol in England we call it a butter KNIFE!

[MrTerryKay]

Bread going round to the right, port going left. I see an accident waiting to happen.

Before you say... (Yes I know)

[gtfonewfag]

Damn, that roll looks tasty

[Jenna83184]

If used utensils are to be placed on the plate (and there are clearly a lot of utensils), what happens when the plate runs out of room??

[lemonrind]

There is a difference between manners and etiquette.

Good manners means avoiding behaviour that would interfere with the other guests' enjoyment of their meal. However, etiquette often entails following illogical and completely arbitrary rules for the sake of fitting in. It doesn't matter with which hand I hold my fork, or that the salt and pepper shakers are passed together. And I wouldn't care to dine with anyone who is bothered by such trivialities.

[happyking9]

Nancy taught me how to eat bread

THANK YOU!

[baystategal]

More people should watch these videos, if not to be ultra-practiced in etiquette, but to at least avoid the worst taboos. People don't want to food passed to them from someone's hands. They do not want to hear about your operation or how gross they think what you like to eat is. And they certainly don't want fellow diners to multi-task. And they never ever want to be subjected to seeing one speak with his/her mouth full of food. Thank you for your videos.

[lemonrind]

@baystategal Wow, dining with you sounds about as much fun as getting a root canal.

[baystategal]

@lemonrind I could care less if a fish fork is used, elbows on the table, using a napkin as bib, etc., but silly me, I do find people who talk with half-chewed food in their mouth, serve me a slice of ham with their fingers, and talk about their bowel problems while dining as rude and gross - - and as much fun as root canal.

[lemonrind]

@baystategal I'm sorry that you're so disgusted by the world around you. It must be very difficult for you.

[baystategal]

@lemonrind I'm not disgusted by the world around me. In fact, I love the world around me. So, for you to state that, you're just making things up on top of being malicious. Why, you must be angry at the world. It makes me wonder, though, when most people do not want to see others eat with their mouths open, and that is such a basic manner taught to children, why you'd be do indignant over that.

[waqasanees]

great.......

[newclips]

im hungry....

[Whynicht]

Everything is right expect for when her sleeve goes to the plate.

[FASSY524]

Hmmm. Seems rather boring. Just eat the bread! It's just fucking bread!

[Mrscavities]

Lol

[vistaprime]

too funny...nice comment!

[LimeGirl08]

Yes true...but this is a video on etiquette, not on the simplicity of the ingredients or what you would ideally like to do. So..hmm don't follow the etiquette.