4 Ways British and American Meal Etiquette is Very Different!

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Title	:	4 Ways British and American Meal Etiquette is Very Different!
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As an American living in Europe, Ive definitely switched over to European style The American style is so remarkably inefficient It also is reminiscent of "evil left-handedness" that was taught in schools in the old days I squirm when I watch my mother eat in this style
Comment from : smithryansmith

As an American, I do not eat like this guy
Comment from : doeeyeddoll

Brits don't generally eat a steak (like, a real steak, USDA T-Bone or New York Strips) UK's version of steak is a thinly sliced rump steak with gravy on it
Comment from : jim mayors

Brits smash everything onto the back of the fork The funniest thing I ever saw when I was in England was watching the average Brit trying to eat with just a fork It was at what was called a"stand up" dinner where there was no tables just a plate of food and a fork
Comment from : Steven Bass

British cuisine is for sh"t Why bother with all that weird upside down fork snobbery? Just throw that slop directly in the garbage🤣
Comment from : ultrakool

Southern Appalachian here Ummm who switches hand's while eating? That's a load of bull around my parts Never in my life have I seen that 90 of meals are eaten with solely a fork, and it's turned sideways to cut through most things On the off meal where there is a meat that truly needs a fork, like steak, the knife remains in my left hand The fork is used more like a shovel, and all that stuff about moving the food onto the back of the fork seems rather awkward to say the absolute least The fork is shaped like a shovel (spade) for a reason lol If it was fully straight the bristish way of eating would make sense, but it has a curve I just can't with that lol
Comment from : Zabyne TheZab

insane that british woman has it all wrong if i had to eat with someone piling things on the backside of their fork i would just leave the tablebrbrbrits are really the worst when it comes to holding forks i always notice that on youtube even the ones reviewing michelin star restaurants you turn the fork around and also turn your hand so you hold it from beneath basically like the american guy just keeping it in the left hand
Comment from : Robopecha

I'm American, but my utensil etiquette is more European
Comment from : Lisa York

Fun video Being of German British I’d add, was always told that used cutlery was never placed back on table top Always in hands feet or right handed the same Triangle position for rest or spaced out on each side of plate & napkin in seat after excising yourself (loo or phone) However, at home, any UK lad, u get lazy & pee cut some bites Yes it’s slow but I think the old French concept is to encourage eating slowly to take your time to chew Something many Americans try to rush Scooping moths full w/ the spoon Hehe
Comment from : K Hanscombe

Amazing thank you😊
Comment from : aya sarsour

I’m American born and raised I apparently eat British style
Comment from : Mark Ellis

I preslice meat before putting on my plate I’ll use a large knife and slice it intobrSmall thin strips
Comment from : Kat

I eat steak witn my bare hands regardless of how its cooked - American
Comment from : Blebian

My fork is always on my right hand and never leaves
Comment from : Ben Abraham

Admittedly, I am an American of English descent, but I think setting down the utensils while chewing, is more dignified than aways holding them Constantly holding the utensils, to me, seems to have the appearance of shoveling the food in In most things, I think the British are more refined, but this is my exception I find that nowadays, since parents don't teach children table etiquette, without direction, more and more Americans tend to eat the British way
Comment from : Alan-NoCo

I wonder if you would say something if you went out to eat with a person from a country that they were rude if they did eat in a different way than you expect I ask because I sometimes eat with people from 5-6 countries or more and all may have different etiquette I know italians tell us if we do not eat italian food correct but noone has said something how we eat steak
Comment from : Bobby Nygaard Chrisitansen

맥너겟이랑 피쉬앤칩스 먹는데 저렇게 복잡해?
Comment from : 20세기소년

Spoon and fork can literally do all this more efficiently like we do
Comment from : WeAreTheD

I'm british and i eat with the fork in my right hand But that's only because its my dominant hand but I don't let go of the knife
Comment from : the king of demons

Even thought the philippines is like a wallmart america i normaly do the british way of meal etiquette
Comment from : Bird

We always had a table cloth and you would never put your used cutlery on that, always on the plate
Comment from : Phiyedough

I'm a simple Russian guy and I just cut all at once, throw a knife away and eat with a fork(but more often with a spoon) in my right hand Also, usually we don't cut our food whatsoever while we are eating cause all that needs cutting is precutted already And we usually eat pastry with our hands
Comment from : Егор Гуляев

In middle Europe we just eat like animal there is no "rude" way to eat just you need to hold the knife certain way ig
Comment from : Dark_Sun

I'm an American, there is no proper way to eat The only thing I would say is considered bad manners in America is slurping In some settings, you shouldn't stir foods together that were prepared separately, it may be considered disrespectful; however, that's not even a steadfast rule brbrAlso, I hold my fork the way I do a spoon, which is why the ideal utensil is a spork
Comment from : Litigious Society

Its interesting isn't how he's putting the food with the fork he's shoveling
Comment from : kd1s

I don’t know if this is only in my case but when I am in the US something about their food etiquette mortifies me, for some reason, I don’t know if it’s normal, I see most Americans grabbing their fork and knife like if they were about to kill someone, same happens when they are using a pencil It just hurts my eyes seeing that
Comment from : Æ ☁️

tbh meal etiquette is just plain stupid just eat your food and be happy, why does it have to be rude? srsly
Comment from : Nathalia Cardozo

she is talking shite
Comment from : home theatre

piling stuff up on the reversed fork seems very barbaric, medieval like almost I'm from Eastern Europe and I think most people eat like Americans
Comment from : Travis Schpeltinger

as a french colony , here in algeria have many french etiquette as british's , but for me i do what the american's do when i eath steak
Comment from : anes mekid

That usa guy eats like a farmers baby😂
Comment from : A Groeneveld

The part about the peas has to be a bit
Comment from : Brittany Williams

FORKS ARE SCOOPEDbrFOR THE PURPOSE OF SCOOPING UP FOOD NO ONE USE SPOONS UPSIDE DOWNbrCUT A SMALL PORTION brOF FOOD AND EAT THAT PORTION brNO YOU DO NOT STACKbrFOOD ON THE FORK
Comment from : Cogitate

Thank GOD i am American and left handed! 😂😂😂
Comment from : Catie Myers

I eat the British way but with the fork in my right hand and the knife in the left 🤷🏻‍♂️
Comment from : Mohamed Bakr

Fork in right hand Can also double as a knife Efficiency > etiquette
Comment from : Vachel

I'm American, and i have to say i have never once swapped the hand my fork is in and ate with No one i know does that
Comment from : Osamu Miya

I'm in shock but glad to know that I have to accept this Americanism
Comment from : 125orDie

Hands and chopsticks all the way lol
Comment from : Chicharia98

Eating on the convex side instead of the concave side has got to be some sort of class signaling thing See peasant, I am so well-fed that I can spend loads of time precariously balancing tiny bits of food onto the wrong side of the fork, whereas you must shovel food using the concave side of the fork because you're starving and need quick sustenance Do they eat ice cream with upside-down spoons?
Comment from : Dawnley

I am Swedish I eat similarly to the British way (aka eating) However, despite being right-handed, I eat in the opposite way to how most right-handed people eat Right hand is fork, left is knife
Comment from : TheBcoolGuy

I'm a Brit and I eat like a fkn animal
Comment from : Suraimu

I’ve never ate with fork beacuse I’m eating with chopsticks but I really want to try LOL
Comment from : Hiro🎧

This girl really likes peas lmao
Comment from : StivenCabrera3

Keep the knife and shift the fork is so awful, and I am not even British
Comment from : Dipen Sarkar

I'm pretty sure he just made up the switching hands thing with the fork Sure it probably happens but it's not "the right way" I know there are official ways to leave silverware, but I assume almost no one knows them
Comment from : Michael Dew

I'm surprised that anyone still cares about fork etiquette
Comment from : Dakinayan TV

British people think their way is always the right and proper way There are many people in this world and we all do many things differently It's just what you're accustomed to❤😊
Comment from : Ter Pen

In 21st Century Americawe don't hardly use knives and spoons and forks anymore because we mainly eat: burgers, hotdogs & Chicken Sandwiches ,White Castle burgers, Pizza, Taco Bell foods, fries and chicken nuggets, soda and shakes and the Health nuts eat Nuts, berries, and Salads and that Tofu-stuff (dont need knives and forks for none of that!) and we do NOT eat at no dang Dinner table! we eat in our rooms on the bed, or on the couch in front of the Playstation, we eat meals in the car, on the bus, on the train or even while going for a walk
Comment from : Mr Black

This video makes me feel like im not from america
Comment from : Keira Phy

I think Lauren’s way of using of cluttey is how Europeans do eat sometimes as in Britain France and Germany
Comment from : Mark Rich

As an American I say screw this etiquette shananigans and whatever gets the food in your mouth is the right way All these mannerisms are just silly
Comment from : Sarah Paty

In Britain, you can put your fork in your right hand and eat that way but not normally for a piece of steak and you wouldn't switch after every mouthful
Comment from : RickP2012

The only reason he's putting the knife down is because he's not ambidextrous
Comment from : calvin swearingen

I don't think I've ever seen anyone eat like that but I'm from the south so maybe northerners in America eat like that
Comment from : Russell Callaway

Being from the Uk and only using one hand I never use a knife
Comment from : Gothamsandwich

I don't ever think I've switched hands to eat in my life I'd say I do it more "British" style though I rarely use a knife unless meat needs to be cut And the fork fits in your mouth either way so do what's easiest
Comment from : MrTimi

As an American I have never seen a person ever switching fork from hand to hand like that At least not consistently every bite
Comment from : BlackSmokeDMax

OMG, when I am eating with people who use the utensils as Lauren does, I get nervous and have a hard time enjoying my meal It seems so barbaric to have a utensil in each hand throughout the whole meal, like they may use one to stab you if you get too close to their plate It seems like the way people in prison would eat It’s so much more conducive to enjoying the meal to rest between bites and put the knife down The knife is only used for cutting m, if necessary, so why hold it the entire meal?
Comment from : t watts

Elbows on the table was always a no no, now as an adult I never put my elbows on the table, it just seems right 🤣
Comment from : Lucas Dale

No, I'm sorry, but the British or European way of using a Fork is FORKING RIDICULOUS Pardon the Pun The Fork is bent that way for a reason Trying to scoop food onto the backside (curved side up) is the most INEFFICIENT way of using that particular eating tool Why not use the spoon the same way? Because it makes no sense tothat's why Scooping mashed potatoes onto the back of the form is the dumbest thing I've ever heard Diane Jennings, the Irish girl from the Irish TRY channel was visiting America a while back and she was in a restuarantmight have been Denny's if memory serves, and she was trying to scoop her Hashbrowns on the back of her Fork, and it was extremely painful to watch All of her American viewers were roasting her in the comments like, "What are you doing?" Use a fork in the most efficient way possible for whatever food you are trying to eat What's this nonsense about etiquette? If the Brits tried scooping up dirt with the backside of a shovel, we'd all think you're crazy And you would be Tools are made the way they are for a reason Use the right tool for the job, and use it in the most efficient wayetiquette be damned I say
Comment from : David Molinarolo

i think i eat like mixture of both
Comment from : IDyce88

American here I cut with left hand and eat with my right No switching
Comment from : Jordan Wright

Everytime I watch these videos it just presses home to me the immense difference between upper and working class Britons brDon't relate with most of what the girl said
Comment from : mokkaveli

Using the bottom of the fork to put food on makes no sense I wish he would have asked why do you think the fork is curved To hold food
Comment from : Jordan Parker

As an American, I was always taught that placing the fork upside-down was the way to indicate that you were done (In case that's a regional thing, I was taught that by my mother who grew up in New Jersey)
Comment from : Joshua Watts

Lol, so the "official American way" to use cutlery is using it like everyone in the world does when eating in a casual setting, or like how children who haven't yet learned to use the fork in the left hand eat Got it
Comment from : Raptorfeet

Here in us there so many style because of mix people Asian Mexican Italian filipino Chinese African-American Japanese Vietnamese etc😂
Comment from : katropa

Hmmmm, how she eats is exactly how my mother (who's from Southern Germany or what we call Schwäbisch) taught us Plus, there is a book called Etiquette which teaches a lot of what she talks about If more Americans taveled outside of the US you'd see these differences When I was in the Dominican Republic I could spot out most Americans by how they ate
Comment from : Rick Dawson

why are you using bayonets for eating? in china they use picksin the philippines we use spoon&fork, and some canadians say its pigly eatingspoon and fork is more efficient/consistent, you have something for the soup or sauce and will not spill the rice and peasmaybe someday they will outlaw those weapons for eatingtoday there is something called a sfork
Comment from : activate43 #LSD

In Italy I think most people eat the way the Brits do
Comment from : Riccardo C

This USA GUY knows nothing about how Americans use their utensils He is absolutely wrong about everything he said
Comment from : Andrew Leslie

American here I'm right handed, so I hold the meat down with a fork in my left hand, cut the steak with my knife in my right hand, and stab the piece I've cut with the knife and use it to put it in my mouth My wife's grandmother is from Belgium and she's appalled by it
Comment from : N M

As an American I don't think I could bring food to my mouth with my left hand lol
Comment from : Popacapify

Dude says he's shifts the fork to other side nah man I eat steak with my left hand less movement
Comment from : Comrade kitty

Def just a fork for anything like a curry/ pasta- if meats/ roast potatoes etc are involved, knife and fork yes
Comment from : Lan Wuxian

Im portuguese, we eat like the british, except the part we eat meat/mashed/peas at the same time We eat all separately
Comment from : Gabe Furtado

In Eastern Europe we cut it with the fork 😅
Comment from : Kriszta Bucsi

Or just do like my Asian wife and use a spoon as the primary utensil
Comment from : Everyday Dad Fixin It

I've NEVER cut ams shiftednever
Comment from : Everyday Dad Fixin It

Putting food on the upside down tines of the fork is pretty stupid to almost every European culture The tines should be facing upwards when the knife pushes the food onto the fork Switching hands to eat after cutting is also pretty weird Look to continental Europeans (Dutch, Germans, French) for the correct usage of cutlery That said; I am an American and was taught as a small child to eat this way and I have never been looked at awkwardly during any dining experience anywhere in the world
Comment from : David Mackey

There is NO spoon
Comment from : paradigmshift7

I'm German and been living in the UK for about 12 years now Honestly, people here still look to me like they have no manners The way Brits hold their cutlery is what I see in children in Germany or even most of Europe My English wife has also adopted now the same way I hold my cutlery but her family makes me laugh inside every time
Comment from : Mr Penguin

That’s why we are more fun/outgoing than you stiff upper lippers! 🇺🇸
Comment from : Chanel Tyler

If we ate like an American in Australia growing, we would have been into trouble for not behaving well mannered American cutlery use is half way between mediaeval and British
Comment from : Lone

I never eat food with knife and fork together at the same time I use the spoon and fork to eat together at the same time I use chopsticks when I eat noodles
Comment from : Far eastern lad

In the UK if you are part way through the meal but intend to have more of the food on the place or your plate is empty but you intend to eat more etiquette says to cross your knife & fork
Comment from : dan dare

Meal etiquette really isn’t a thing in the US, at least not where I’m at I mean, the only real rule I’ve ever heard is keeping your elbows off the table I didn’t know you were suppose to use a fork a certain way, and people around here definitely don’t have a knife unless it’s steak or something that would require cutting
Comment from : Kolton Black

He’s incorrect with the first one 🤣
Comment from : Ashaliyah Aguilar

I’ve also seen Americans do the fork prongs sides up but it always stays in your left handbrbrI was taught proper etiquette in my honors society as a part of eating properly during a lunch/dinner interview I prefer the British way of eating in a very formal setting
Comment from : umiluv

The British one is not particularly accurate and is probably more about her personal experience being raised at home All families will teach different table manners based on what is more valued For example, many people aren’t taught that it’s rude to have your elbows on the table As for it being rude for the fork tines to point up, that’s not something I’ve ever heard of, and after half an hour of googling, I can’t find an example of this being the case What she does in this video resembles more of a German approach (according to the internet - whether people in Germany actually do this I could not say) Anyway, if you’re American and coming to the UK, nobody is gonna look at how you hold a fork 😊
Comment from : Lizzie