I also loathed when they tried to teach me that custom, especially the whole utensils switching hands deal: it’s frustrating for a young child who will fumble and drop utensils to the floor trying pointlessly unnecessary maneuvers.
I loathe the European convention just as much: bring pointy, sharp thing to mouth in less coordinated hand?
Fuck no.
I don’t follow either convention.
Instead
utensil that approaches mouth (fork or spoon) in dominant hand: least chance of fumbling, dropping food, self-injury
knife in non-dominant hand: cutting doesn’t require fine coordination (practice makes it 2nd nature) & fumbled knife ends up on plate
utensils never switch hands: minimizes fumbling.
Basically, the European convention with opposite hands.
That’s the whole western hemisphere.
I also loathed when they tried to teach me that custom, especially the whole utensils switching hands deal: it’s frustrating for a young child who will fumble and drop utensils to the floor trying pointlessly unnecessary maneuvers.
I loathe the European convention just as much: bring pointy, sharp thing to mouth in less coordinated hand? Fuck no.
I don’t follow either convention. Instead
Basically, the European convention with opposite hands.