[Judith Anne]

We do fine dining etiquette at family Feasts, on the holidays when everyone is visiting.

At least one meal, and sometimes more, are done with all the forks, knives, spoons, plates, bowls, glasses, napkins, cups and saucers formal dinner setting...it's fun, the kids help set the table and ask about everything fromt the chargers to the butter knives on the bread plates to the fish forks to the dessert spoons, etc.

The only thing we haven't done is the palate-cleansing sherbet between courses...

My grandkids get a kick out of it all...when we put the gold lame tablecloth out and the limoge china, the silver and crystal, light everything with candles...they range in age from 5 to 11...

I told them that when they have this mastered, they can eat dinner at the White House and not have to worry about which freaking fork to use!

[Fierce Allegiance]

While reading your whole post, I swear I could hear the chamber music right up until worry about which freaking fork to use! where it abruptly changed to a Ted Nugent sound check.

[Conservative4Ever]

I especially thank my Grandparents and Mother for instructing me early in the fine art of Good Manners, fine dining and which freaking fork to use.
Bwahahahahahahahaha.....I love it.

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