The Washington times., 1929-06-27
DEAR MRS. REEcKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
/. Will you kindly tell me how
4 sandwich served on a roll
should be eaten7 With fingers
or knife and fork?
O.. What sandwiches may be
eaten with the fingers? Am !
right in believing that any that
are dry, untoasted and single are
to be eaten this way? And any
that are triple and moist should
be eaten with a fork?
.. Is 1t correct to use the fork
n one prefers to do so?
4. Does the lady designate the
place where she would like to
eat IL the gentleman asks her?
Or Is 1t better to give him the
choice, inasmuch as one cannot
tell how much he is able to spend
on the meal?
S. When there are two forks
laid at table with the first
course, beginning with soup, is
- the second fork (same shape and
siZe) to be used for the salad
when this is served at the same
time with the dinner course?
6. Should one use a spoon or a
fork for cream med corn and other
vegetables that are served in
side dish in a restaurant? A
spoon seemed clumsy, inasmuch
as the corn was very thick.
Z. Is it permissible to ask the
gentleman to order IL one does
not feel at ease in doing this one
thing? Why is . it, the hardest
thing about dining out2 Lack of
practice? How may overcome
this feeling Of embarrassment?
1t fairly overwhelIms me and
makes me very uncomfortable.
8. When there are two knives
laid, steak and the, other one,
does one use the dinner knife to
put butter on bread, or Is it all
right to use the steak knife?
II knife and fork are placed
with a sandwich, no matter
what kind the sandwich is. | am
enthusiastic about using the knife
and fork! To my mind and. to
my taste, this is, the most
civilized" way of eating a sand
witch. which at best is not a con-
venient item Of fool to cat
But realize that there are hun.
dreds of times when one must eat
a sandwich in ones fingers-at
the l1any varieties OF sandwich
places, luncheonettes soda foun-
tains-and then we must eat as
"prettily" as possible, be as meat
and tidy" as possible. and make
even our mothers and our most
punctilious aunts proud Of u.s.
And all this without benefit" of
knife and fork, or even fork.
And usually when a sandwich is
served on roll 1t means that
we will be expected to eat It IN
fine picnic fashion. in our fingers.
> 2. To my mind-and this is
such a personal choice that enc
must give 1t a personal applica.
tion-it Is not the kind of sand.
witch that makes the difference,
but the service of the sandwich.
4 hdt H. OF nave always SAID IN
my column. ] think that all sand.
witches should, ideally, he eaten
with a knife and fork. the small
knife and fork for small sand
witches. and the medium size for,
say, the great American club
sandwich. But at quick lunch
places we must eat them in our
fingers, and at the most formal Of
receptions we must eat our little
sandwiches in our fingers. Some
tmes-as with q simple sandwich
with a filling Of cream cheese. for
instance. or cream cheese and
nuts or chopped olives-a fork is
considered enough, With the
triple and moist" sandwich I
need a knife with a fork--and as
these sandwiches increasingly
rival the American slIvscrapers.
increasingly need knife as
friendly supplement to the fork!
Don't you?
8. Yes; most assuredlv yes, IL
the forK is placed. And I see no.
reason for not using the knife.
If the knife II also placed. I feel
about the silver service for eat
ing a sandwich the wav I feel
about the silver service placed