The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-02

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to take soup from the end Of the spoon
than il is from the side. Z
In this course bread is served. Lay
the cut on the table at the left Of the
plate and break off small pieces, with.
out lifting il from the cloth. using the
fingers Of the left hand. Right hero il
might be pertinent to mention that nc
bread of any description should be eaten
in any other fashion. Even hot bis.
cults, mullins, buns, and rolls nre to be
torn or broken off in small pieces, and
buttered just before being eaten. Fish
should he eaten with silver fork pro.
vided for that purpose. In managing
the fillets and roasts there is no regu.
lation further than to carry small pieces
to your mouth with your fork, using the
inward curve of the utensil in doing so
and above all things avoid making a
muss.
In France there are so many dressings
and rich GRAVES on the substantisls that
MONSIEUR finds it necessary to cut his
bread with his knife and fork, and then
uses the fork and cube of bread to eat
up the rich sauce. This practice il
frowned down in English society, a.
though her majesty, the queen,
is known to mop her plate
with diamond cuts of bread.
Albeit Americans do not like it, it il
the proper thing to leave the celery for
the crackers and cheese. Break the
celery in small pieces and strip it be-
fore eating. In eating cheese, small
morsels of the dairy product should be
placed on small morsels of cracker OF
bread and the two morsels carried to
the mouth with the thumb and forefin-
ger. The cheese should not be per-
mitted to touch the finger; neither is il
permissible to eat the cheese from the
point of the knife.
All made-dishes, such as quenelles,
rissoles, patties, etc., should be eaten
with fork only, and, as . knife is un-
necessary, it would be vulgarism to
use one. With outlets, game, poultry,
and sweetbreads fried, a knife is requir-
ed. Cucumbers are eaten from the
dinner-plate, and not from the side
dishes, which are fast disappearing
from the fashionable table. When peas
are served they should he conveyed to
the mouth on fork, and not taken
from spoon. It is needless to say
that to put the knife into the mouth at
any time during the meal would he an
objectionable offense against good
breeding and mark of vulgarity. In
eating asparagusa knife and fork should
be used, as the proper way is to cut of
the points and eat them as sea-kale,
eggplant or any other vegetable. tits
a solecism to take asparagus in the fin
gers.
tits also indicative of the gormand to
overload the fork with bit of meat,
some vegetable, and a piece of pickle
all of which should be eaten separately
and not arranged beforehand in COM
pact form. Gentlemen are sometimes
guilty of this unpleasant manner, but
ladies are less rapacious. The hand
and mouth should be in sympathy
that is to say, the mouth should be
kept open in expectation of the we'll
laden forks arrival. Open the mouth
to receive the food ct the moment it has
reached the lips, and let the morsels he
small rather than large, in order that
conversation may not he ignored. To
place the fork directly opposite the
mouth is most ungraceful way of eat
ing; nor should the wrist ever he bent
or curved to accomplish this feat. In
eating from the wing or leg of poultry
cut the meat, but never touch It with
the fingers, nor he guilty ofthe extreme
vulgarity of picking the bones.
Pastry is always eaten with q fork,
but in case of fruit tart or cream puff
dessert-spoon is used. Small stones,
such as are found in CHEEKY, plum, dam
son, or date pudding should be received
from the mouth on the fork or spoon
and placed in the plate and not on the
table-cloth; when the fruit stones are
large they should he separated from the
fruit with the fork and left on the plate.
Whenever it is possible to separate the
stones from the fruit it is best to do SO.
Jellies, blanc manages, iced buildings,
etc., are eaten with fork, and not with
a spoon, as are all sweets sufficiently
firm to admit of being carried in what
the Irishman calls the split spoon.
The cloth is never removed for des-
sert, but the table is cleared of all that
appertains to the dinner. A dessert
plate is then placed before each guest
with or without an ice-plate. The ice
plate would he placed on the
dessert plate, the finger-bowl on
the latter with d'oley beneath. The
finger-bowl should contain peppermint
water, lemon being no longer used in
LAYING the tinger-tips. The guests will
place the finger bowl on the left of the
plate, with the napkin under it, the
dessert-plate remaining beneath the ice
plate until the ice has been eaten, when
the servant will remove it. It is con-
sidered elegant to eat the ices from the
sides and not dig into the slice or loaf.
When grapes are passed around use
the fruit scissors rather than break of
the punches. When eating that fruit
the half closed hand should he placed
to the lips and the stones and skin adj.
roitly allowed to fall into the fingers
and quickly placed on one side of the
desert. plate. Apples and pears should
be pared cut in halves, quarters, and
eighths, with fruit-knife. Oranges
are to be divided into thirty-seconds,
when they can he SO reduced. Use the
fingers in this work and tear the SEQ.
tons, always beginning at the top
Melons are eaten witha fork, unless
served with cream, when spoon i
used.
The guests should never help them.
selves to the dessert on the table, q j,
is there for effect only.
In dinner, where wine is properly
served, you will find ct your plate 4
small wine-glass for sherry to go witt
the fish, larger glass for claret with
the roasts, an equally large one, usually
of tinted glass, for the sauternes, served
later in the meal, and q delicate tumble,
for champagne at the end At. all din.
ners, formal and informal, it is proper
for You, Is soon after the meal is fairly
under way, to, catch your hosts (oi
hostesso eye, and drink their health
A set form Of words is no longer neces.
sary in drinking such q health; . rathe,
ceremonious raising of theeglass and
inclination Of the head suhices. II il
no longer the fashion for gentlemen tt
drink together, either at dinner or DIES.
SORT Ladies' are not supposed to take
more than ono glass Of any variety,
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