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When in Rome, do as the Romans do
mtmerrick:
i haven't even SEEN a tablecloth in a long time...
Carl-E:
Eatin' at the fancy places, I see!
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 14 Sep 2013, 20:27 ---In Germany putting your used cutlery on the table is considered rude.
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I haven't seen them used for a long time; but "knife rests" used to be a solution to that. I always thought of them as somewhat French, and knew them as "cutlery dogs" - but Google doesn't have any evidence of that name (it's not the only thing I know that Google has never heard of!). They may be metal, crystal or plastic, plain or fancy, and are quite often in the shape of sausage dogs:
I had a set of plastic sausage dog ones which occasionally came out for dinner parties (they went with my first wife). Here's some history, from a company that sells nothing else!
Loki:
They had similar stuff for the chopsticks at the sushi place I was at recently.
--- Quote from: Welu on 14 Sep 2013, 15:32 --- I've had people look at me after I've said, "Excuse me." and not make any effort to move. :x
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...to be fair, the sentence "excuse me" alone is not exactly unambiguous.
bhtooefr:
I'll note that it's generally best to place the fork and knife on the napkin, so the tablecloth or table surface doesn't get dirty, but still, it's pretty damn close to being on the table. And, maybe that's more regional, and there might be some class differences as well, but here in Ohio and most places I've been, it's unambiguous that utensils off the plate don't get taken, on the plate do. (If you're present when the waitstaff comes to take plates, the utensils are on the plate, and you've not eaten much, they may ask if you still need them, but that's not that common.)
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