How to eat meat?

At official receptions often serve differentmeat dishes, with or without side dishes. In each case it is important to know how to properly eat different dishes. In this article, let's talk about how to eat meat according to etiquette. After all, you do not want to hit the dirt in the face? By etiquette, most meat dishes are eaten with a knife and fork, but not all. And if you use these devices not with those dishes, you will be considered ignorant.

Etiquette: how to eat meat properly

A chop or other large pieces of meat are cutfor smaller portions, that is, it is impossible to divide the whole piece into small pieces at once, but it needs to be done as necessary: cut a piece of the right size - eaten, cut again, and so on. In addition, a large piece can first be divided into 2-3 parts, so that it is easier to cut the pieces of the desired size. A fork helps to hold meat, and holds it in the left hand, and with a right hand with a knife a piece of meat is cut.
Large pieces of meat on the bone are first cut into2-3 large parts, beginning from edge to bone, in order to separate meat from bone. And then eat each piece, cutting into smaller ones as needed, as described above.
The bird is not eaten by hand, but only with a fork and knife. At the same time cut pieces of meat, starting from the edge, gradually moving towards the bone.
Barbecue. If it is the main dish, then it is removed from the skewer, starting with the bottom pieces. Then the skewer is laid on the edge of the plate and meat is eaten with a knife and fork. If the shish kebab goes as an appetizer, then it is eaten directly from the skewer.
Goulash, if it is from large pieces, you can cut with a knife, otherwise it is eaten only with a fork.
Stew. Before you send a piece of meat into the mouth, it is released from the bone, do this with a fork and knife.
Pelmeni, cutlets, schnitzels, that is, chopped or rolled meat are eaten exclusively with forks, since they can be divided into parts and without a knife by the side part of the fork.
Sausages, sausages, sausages are eaten with a knife and fork. At the same time, they do not cut all the sausages immediately and do not scrape off the whole skin, but cut it off in a piece, cleaning the shell from each piece.
Sliced delicacies and sausages are shifted from a common plate with a knife and fork into their own and eat already with it. If necessary, a crust or shell is also removed in its dish.

Tips: how to eat meat properly

You can gnaw the bones not only at home infamily circle. However, at a dinner party, this can be done only if there is a special parchment paper on the table in order to wrap the edge of the bone before taking it in hand. Also, the bone can already be wrapped in such paper - it's a sign that the bone can be taken in hand and eat pieces of meat from it.
If the sauce is served separately, water them only with meat, since it is not intended for watering a garnish.
Do not lubricate the sauce from the plate, which is left after the meat.
Sausage in slicing is not used for making sandwiches.
The bones released from meat are shifted with a knife or fork to the edge of the plate.

Now you know how to eat meat according to the rules of etiquette.