Elbows on the table? How to navigate the world of eating etiquette.
CAPTION: THE WORLD WAS MY OYSTER CAPTION: BUT I USED THE WRONG FORK OSCAR WILDE Bon appétit, ismillah, INTERVIEWEE THREE: buen provecho, we say, itadakimasu. We don't really have a word.
What are your biggest gripes? I really, really hate it when people blow their nose at the table. Licking the knife. Don't eat too quickly, don't have big bites. Elbows on the table. The elbow on the table. Elbow, Elbow, elbow, elbows elbows on the table. Maybe they made a mess? Maybe we were putting dirty elbows on a clean table?
In times when the table cloth was the napkin, it was best to keep your elbows raised. It makes me feel more powerful in the conversation, if I have my elbows on the table. The importance of manners rocketed during the Renaissance as a way of implying civility, sophistication and status. Around the world, we use all sorts of different tools including our hands to eat. In France, in 1699, pointed knives were banned at the table because there was a very real risk of stabbings.
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