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jcameron Posts: 2 |
posted 01-09-2005 06:36 PM
  
I have tripped over the How to set a table" screen for SM Publications. As one who sets the table based on English family tradition - taught as a child (I'm 67 and 8th gen. Canadian!) I was always taught, that since you use the spoon first (with the dessert spoon and fork at the top of the place setting).... the spoon goes on top, with the bowl facing to the left to be picked up with the right hand. You indicate that the fork goes on top - any explanation - or have I been wrong all these years?????. If I'm wrong.... my daughter is wrong and so are my grand daughters!!!! jcameron ------------------ IP: Logged |
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tmockait Posts: 963 |
posted 01-09-2005 06:47 PM
I cannot answer the silver setting question, but as a European Historian I can say that these customs that seem edged in cement are product of the accidents of history and can vary from place to place. What I would like to know is how you got your kids to set the table when asked! I am still working on that one. TM IP: Logged |
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jcameron Posts: 2 |
posted 01-09-2005 09:54 PM
Wow..... was that quick! It's so rare to see the dessert spoon and fork at the top here in Ontario that I think my daughter (now 42) thinks it's fun to watch her guests try and figure out how to use them! Her daughter who is 10 sets my table for me from time to them when they visit - she get's it from me as much as her Mum. However....... my daughter (must be dislexic) manages to get them backwards - (like the SM setting) more often than not. Fun, eh? Thanks for your wisdom......... JC IP: Logged |
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