Anybody else use their knife and fork the 'wrong' way round ??

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I'm right handed. I usually have the knife in my right hand to cut the food with - I don't trust that naughty left hand with a sharp object.

 

[olds]

I have two hands. My right hand is dominant but the left one still does what I tell it too.
I hold the fork in my left hand, knife in the right. I then move the left hand with the fork in it towards my mouth and put the food into my mouth.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I have two hands. My right hand is dominant but the left one still does what I tell it too.
I hold the fork in my left hand, knife in the right. I then move the left hand with the fork in it towards my mouth and put the food into my mouth.

Pretty much.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Fork/spoon goes in the left hand.
Knife in the right.

I bet you're a backforker as well, then. Don't be backforker!!!!!!

There's a reason why we in America broke from Europe, they way they eat just isn't right and doesn't make sense. Weapon is always in the right hand, if right handed.

unfortunately most tables don't have a spork placed.

Knife or fork is hardly a weapon compared to one.

 

[Xstatic1]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Think that's weird? I will switch from left hand to right hand numerous times while eating.

me too!!!

 

[IEC]

I alternate back and forth as I feel fit.

But then I'm ambidextrous...

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
I alternate back and forth as I feel fit.

But then I'm ambidextrous...

Yeah, if I stop to think about it when I'm eating I found that knife/fork/spoon whatever swap places multiple times.

It doesn't matter what hand you hold the utensils with as long as you're not cramming your gullet with food/drooling/letting food fly out of your mouth/eating the utensils themselves.

 

[intogamer]

I eat mash potatoes with my knife on my right hand

 

[ch33zw1z]

whatever hands closer to said utensil

 

[MrMajestyk]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
I'm right handed and I use the fork in my right hand and knife in the left. I don't see why custom takes precedence over using your main hand for the task you perform the most during eating and that requires the most dexterity.

The knife takes a lot more dexterity than the fork IMO.

I don't usually switch the hand that the fork is in either.

As for the OP's mention of the watch, if you wear it on your right wrist you cannot adjust it while wearing it since that puts the crown on the wrong side of the watch face. The crown of a wristwatch is always at the 3 o'clock position and if worn on the right wrist it requires an incredibly awkward twisting of the left hand to either wind or adjust. Terribly inconvenient.

ZV

Yes , the watch was inconvenient before digital watches. I know they make scissors for lefties, but watches for mega-righties ??

 

[potato28]

I switch a lot, but sometimes I'll eat backwards if I need the right hand.

 

[JujuFish]

I prefer to use the fork with my right hand.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
whatever hands closer to said utensil

Which would put the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right.

Look at where they are when you sit to eat.

 

[paulney]

Fork in the right hand (I'm right-handed), but when I need a knife, I simply switch the tools around.
Who cares.

And what's back-forking?

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: paulney
Fork in the right hand (I'm right-handed), but when I need a knife, I simply switch the tools around.
Who cares.

And what's back-forking?

Putting the fork in your mouth backwards, tines down. Very bad etiquette.

 

[Whisper]

I'm not sure if it's been said already, but I think I remember reading somewhere that the "proper" (i.e., polite/formal) way of eating in the US is with fork in left hand and knife in right, while in Europe (or at least the UK) it's the other way around. Something like that.

Personally, I go with the US layout.

 

[gamepad]

I'm right handed. I always have the fork in the left hand (even when not using a knife) and knife goes in the right hand.