An American's observations about his visit to England go viral

[Kumalala]

Most of us use the fork in the right hand, tines up, as a scoop. The Brits I've seen eat (admittedly a small sample) use it in their left hand, tines down, to push food.

I have my fork in my left hand, prongs up. I spear the food with my fork, and then out comes the knife.

 

[NoXion]

I twirl my spaghetti around on my fork.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I twirl my spaghetti around on my fork.

Cosmopolitan sophisticate.

 

[belboid]

I have my fork in my left hand, prongs up. I spear the food with my fork, and then out comes the knife.

you must convolute your hand rather in order to spear food with your prongs faced up

 

[DotCommunist]

I chop all the spag up into forkful sizes then mash the lot up with the bollocknays and then inhale it. Lifes too short to battle with food.

 

[Kumalala]

you must convolute your hand rather in order to spear food with your prongs faced up

No, you just turn the fork over

 

[Orang Utan]

How do you eat chips? Not take away chips, cafe chips. Can't scoop them, no balance.

With a fork or with my hands

 

[littlebabyjesus]

First, my mum will cut a chip in half. (doesn't matter how big the chip is , it will always be twice as big as it needs to be)

She will then push the half-chip onto the fork (prongs down, natch)

Next, she will cut a tiny sliver of meat.

She will then push the sliver of meat onto the fork below the half-chip.

Next, she will chase after a pea.

The pea will be pushed underneath the sliver of meat and half-chip.

Next, a little gravy sloshed over the miniature meal-on-a-fork with the knife.

Take to mouth, and eat. Slowly.

Then repeat.


My mum eats very slowly. I don't, so I get to watch...

 

[bendeus]

The two places in the world with the most beautiful beaches I've been to: Cornwall and the Gower.

I think we tend to underrate our own country wrt tourism and natural beauty.

Shhhh. teuchter will be along in a minute to put you right

 

[weltweit]

I tend to eat fork down in left hand knife in right, twas how I was raised.
I got a little bothered when sprog decided to eat left handed, but he seems to prefer it.

 

[krtek a houby]

a common observation from canadians and americans I have experienced and read them talking about is how european sense of space is a lot smaller. Stairs, the booths in a resteraunt, barstools, tiny living rooms. Cars.

Indeed. After the people resoundingly voted for gay marriage in Ireland. I remember reading the comments on Irish Central. One guy "threatened" never to visit Ireland because of the PC infestation and anyway, there's no real mountains in Ireland.

 

[Buckaroo]

what other sort is there? non alcoholic cider is apple juice

Nah, there's pre-alcohol trainee cider too.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I twirl my spaghetti around on my fork.

I do that as well, but it goes better if you put a spoon under the spaghetti to keep the twirl in place.

 

[weltweit]

I do that as well, but it goes better if you put a spoon under the spaghetti to keep the twirl in place.

I twirl but never with a spoon ...

 

[Chilli.s]

I do that as well, but it goes better if you put a spoon under the spaghetti to keep the twirl in place.

That's proper gentrification.

 

[xenon]

Most of us use the fork in the right hand, tines up, as a scoop. The Brits I've seen eat (admittedly a small sample) use it in their left hand, tines down, to push food.

I speak for the nation when saying we scoop and spear with forks. Held in the non dominant hand. Unless i been eating wrong...

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

what other sort is there? non alcoholic cider is apple juice

I believe (but might be wrong) but our apple cider is different from juice in that the stuff that comes through the press isn't filtered. It also has just a little natural fermentation and fizz. If you let it sit on a counter for a couple of weeks it develops a lot more fizz and maybe a bit of alcohol.

 

[prunus]

First, my mum will cut a chip in half. (doesn't matter how big the chip is , it will always be twice as big as it needs to be)

She will then push the half-chip onto the fork (prongs down, natch)

Next, she will cut a tiny sliver of meat.

She will then push the sliver of meat onto the fork below the half-chip.

Next, she will chase after a pea.

The pea will be pushed underneath the sliver of meat and half-chip.

Next, a little gravy sloshed over the miniature meal-on-a-fork with the knife.

Take to mouth, and eat. Slowly.

Then repeat.


My mum eats very slowly. I don't, so I get to watch...

I'm amazed she's still alive.

 

[oryx]

I wonder what I would have written after my first trip to the USA..

Reasonably friendly locals
Lots of American flags
Drive through everything
Hard to find food you don't eat off plastic or card
Bluegrass music hmm
..

After my three trips:

People saying 'have a nice day' through gritted teeth
'Biscuits and gravy' are what we would call savoury scones covered in white sauce with little bits of sausage
You can get fined for crossing the road like a dickhead (jaywalking)
You can only drink in public if the bottle is covered with a brown paper bag
Food portions are huge, but there is no embarrassment about asking for a doggy bag
Finding out the English football results (in the days before the Internet was widely used) = impossible
IMHE public transport is massively better than you'd expect

 

[MrSki]

I got a little bothered when sprog decided to eat left handed, but he seems to prefer it.

I am left handed & prefer to put my fork to my mouth with the hand with most control. You don't need much control to cut food but putting it in your mouth is a different matter.

I will eat with a spoon in the left though & twirl me spag boll with just a fork. Maybe that is due to eating too many lunches in Italian caffs down Soho.

 

[NoXion]

I'm right handed. I always eat with my fork in my right hand and my knife in my left hand. Apparently this is not the "proper" way to do it, but it feels correct for me. Whether the fork is used for scooping or lancing/impaling foodstuffs depends on what it is I'm eating - e.g. sausages get stabbed, peas get scooped. I don't use a spoon when eating spag bol, I'm usually good enough with the fork to keep most of it on, and in the event that something does fall off I position myself so any stray bits fall back on the plate.

I think that covers it.

 

[MrSki]

I'm right handed. I always eat with my fork in my right hand and my knife in my left hand. Apparently this is not the "proper" way to do it, but it feels correct for me. Whether the fork is used for scooping or lancing/impaling foodstuffs depends on what it is I'm eating - e.g. sausages get stabbed, peas get scooped. I don't use a spoon when eating spag bol, I'm usually good enough with the fork to keep most of it on, and in the event that something does fall off I position myself so any stray bits fall back on the plate.

I think that covers it.

So you eat left handed? (As in the opposite of right handed) How do you eat your puddings?
I have always thought that the hand that goes near you teeth should be the one you have the most control over.

 

[NoXion]

So you eat left handed? (As in the opposite of right handed) How do you eat your puddings?
I have always thought that the hand that goes near you teeth should be the one you have the most control over.

Do I eat left-handed? I don't put my knife in my mouth, so according to what you say the way I do it would be the most sensible.

As for puddings, I use a spoon. In my right hand. No other utensils.

 

[likesfish]

tbf birmingham is a no go zone not because of sharia just because well its Brimingham

Brimingham still better than stoke or god help you HUll

 

[Belushi]

Brimingham still better than stoke or god help you HUll

You've done it now

Roadkill longdog

 

[Roadkill]

You've done it now

Roadkill longdog

Nah, heard it all before. Not worth rising to.

 

[likesfish]

hey I live in Brighton we can take a joke so much we are building the Home - Brighton i360 gasp its magnificence
some places are shit but others actually attempt to make things worse

 

[Belushi]

hey I live in Brighton we can take a joke so much we are building the Home - Brighton i360 gasp its magnificence

Is that privately funded or is your council tax going towards it?

 

[likesfish]

both, the council is backing the farce with a loan
at the moment its just a giant pole sticking above everything.
Fitting its in brighton its expensive pointless and pretentious while being naff now if only it was sponsored by apple it would be perfect.
Brighton on an alleged "rough" council estate you can see a hipster commuting by longboard and nobody stabs them

 

[Chz]

Normal cider is getting more popular there, they have adverts for Strongbow on telly now

Yeah, but it's "hard cider". Lol.