Poll: Eating utensils

[GeorgW]

I use the knife in the right hand. I suppose I do it because that's how I learned it, but that makes sense to me because the knife is doing the more complicated action.

But that's the thing, if I use the fork in my right hand, it's the one that does all the work. For me, the knife just moves a bit back and forth along my guiding fork.

 

[Klepa]

Yeah the fork is "supposed" to go on the left hand. It's one of those archaic table manner things that really serve no purpose whatsoever. I remember my school teacher being really pissy about it.

 

[Quaxar]

I use my fork in the left hand, but only if I'm using a knife too. Otherwise it jumps to the right.

Any other way just feels wrong.

See, and for me that way just feels wrong. Why would I use a piece of cutlery at one time with this and another time with that hand?

 

[insectoid]

The way you hold them seems more logical when you consider right-handers only holding one utensil (i.e. only a fork/spook) usually hold that single item in their dominant hand.

 

[Ohhi]

I didnt know that there were specific hands for the utensils but i guess i have been doing it wrong for my whole life.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Ill start off with my fork in my right and knife in my left than continually switch them as the dinner goes on =S