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French table setting

French Table setting • • • The table is set, the meal is about to be served. Everything has its place. . . the strongest ritual in France. . . Dining. The rules are known, and there are many, and it seems every French person knows them! I swear it is in their genetic make-up! They know detail after detail. . . let me give you three: 1) Never spread-tartiner foie gras. Instead cut it and place it on a piece of grilled bread. 2) The last drop served from a bottle of wine should be poured into the glass of a célibataire- because whoever has the last drop of wine will be married at the end of the year. 3) Your serving of bread is placed on the table, at the left-hand side of your plate, above your fork. . . more to come. . . willows 95988. typepad. com/. . . /img_2362. html

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Table manners • Table manners are • It is polite to use bread to Continental -- the fork is soak up gravy or sauce. held in the left hand . Men pour drinks for the knife in the right while women seated next to eating. them. . The oldest or most . Leaving a small amount honoured guest is served of food on your plate first. indicates that your hosts . Do not begin eating until have provided ample the host invites you to hospitality. start. . Do not get up until you . Do not rest your elbows are invited to leave the on the table, although your table. At formal dinners, hands should be visible at the guest of honor is the all times. first to get up from the . You will often be urged to table. take second helpings.

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Beer glassware – Pilsner glass – Pint glass – Beer stein – Wheat beer glass – Yard glass

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