How to use napkins

Napkin is one of the three touchstones to test elegance in western etiquette. Never ignore the role of napkins in western food. The following is how to use the napkin I arranged for you. Welcome to read!

First, put the napkin on your lap.

Ask the host to pick up the napkin from the dining table, put it on his knee, and then follow the action. (Except buffet, you can spread out your napkin when you start eating buffet. )

Second, open the napkin.

Spread the napkin gently to avoid overexertion or shaking the napkin. The size of sanitary napkins determines the degree of unfolding of sanitary napkins;

1. For larger napkins provided for more formal banquets, they can be spread in half.

2. The smaller napkin needs to be fully unfolded and covered on the thigh.

Third, fold the napkin.

Don't wrap the napkin around your neck, and don't fold it onto a button or belt. But if you want to provide some snacks, if the host puts the napkin under his chin or around his neck, you can also do so with the host.

Fourth, use napkins.

When you accidentally get oil stains on your mouth while eating, you need to wipe your mouth with a napkin often, but don't beat it hard. Wipe your mouth with a napkin before drinking, especially the lady who wears lipstick, so as not to stain the cup with lipstick.

Five, put the napkin ring

After picking up the napkin, if you find the napkin ring, put it on the top left of the dining table. After eating, pick up the napkin, pass through the napkin ring, and point one end of the napkin toward the center of the table.

Six, temporarily leave the table.

When you need to leave the table for a while, put the napkin on the chair. If the chair is padded, put the dirty side of the napkin up.

Seven, put napkins after meals.

What should I do with the napkins I just used up after a wonderful dinner?

1. After eating, fold napkins at will.

If there is a plate in the center of your position, put the napkin on the left side of the plate when you leave the table.

If there is nothing in the center of your position, put the napkin in the center of your position.

4. When leaving the table, hide the dirty side of the napkin and stack it on the table at will.

If there is coffee after dinner, put the napkin on your lap.

It is such a small napkin, which hides a lot of etiquette knowledge from the beginning to the end of the meal. Although small and even inconspicuous, the smaller it is, the more inconspicuous it is. If you really pay attention to it and attach importance to it, the more you can show your unique cultivation and bloom your unique charm.

Extended reading of strange table manners in various countries

Egypt: Take off your shoes before entering the door.

If you are invited to an Egyptian home for dinner, you should take off your shoes before entering the house, and you'd better compliment the host family. You can only eat with your right hand, and you must eat the second course. It is impolite to add salt to the dish. Besides, if you are full, you'd better leave some food on your plate, otherwise the host will keep picking up food for you.

Thailand: Don't point your feet at others when eating.

Thais often eat on the ground, but be careful not to point your feet at others. Bow your head in front of bodhisattvas and kings. If you bring a gift to a Thai family, you should wrap it so that people can see the price tag. Because the host may give you a gift in return, if the value of the gift is lower than your gift, the host will be embarrassed.

South Korea: First, send meals to the elderly at home.

Don't worry if you are invited to a Korean home for dinner. Because even being half an hour late is not rude. Take off your shoes before entering the door. At the dinner table, serving food to the elders at home first also means that meals can be served. Use a spoon when eating rice, stew and soup, and use chopsticks for other meals. Remember not to point at others or poke food with chopsticks. It is polite not to leave food in the bowl.

Japan: Eating noodle soup makes a loud sucking sound.

In the eyes of foreigners, Japanese table manners are very particular, but eating noodles seems to be an exception. When the Japanese eat noodle soup, they make no secret of the noise, and they will definitely make a loud sucking sound. Visitors had better do as the Romans do and thank the host for his hospitality. In addition, when eating rice or soup, be sure to put the bowl up and let the mouth of the bowl face you.

France: It is impolite to add condiments before food is tasted.

In France, if you add spices to food before tasting it, the chef will be very unhappy. And guests must turn off their mobile phones before eating to avoid being disturbed. Bread is rarely put on the dessert plate here, so just put it on the tablecloth. Only when you want to add more wine, finish the wine in the glass at once, otherwise it is better to have some left.

Inuit, Canada: Burping after a meal will make the host very happy.

If you have a chance to sit down for dinner with the Inuit in Canada, burping after dinner will make the host very happy, because it will be regarded as another form of gratitude. Some Inuit families are still in a pot? Chopsticks? Men usually eat first, then women and children. Sometimes the Inuit grab the meat in the pot with their hands instead of spoons. As a guest, you have to do as the Romans do.

Russia: Vodka Can't Be Rejected

Russians are very hospitable. When the host hands you a glass of vodka, you must not refuse it out of courtesy. Men have to drink it all at once, but women don't have to. And look directly at each other when toasting. The sauce or gravy in the meal should be dipped in bread and eaten clean. If bread is left behind, it will be considered as bad luck and waste.

Ethiopia: We have the habit of feeding each other.

Ethiopians have the habit of feeding each other, which seems to be a very unsanitary thing, especially if you grab the food with gravy with your hands, feed it to your neighbors, and then feed it to other people at the table. This also means that the food you eat in your mouth has to go through the hands of the whole table.

Philippines: learn to wait and listen

In the Philippines, if you want to be a qualified guest, you must learn to wait and listen. The host asks you to sit down when you sit down, tells you where to sit, and asks you when to start eating. The host can't take the initiative to sandwich before adding food to you. It is polite to do so.

Lebanon: Hospitality hosts usually entertain their guests two or three times.

To show their hospitality, Lebanese often entertain their guests two or three times. So when you serve the first course, you'd better eat less, so that you can have enough energy to fight a protracted war. The longer the dinner time, the more it can reflect the enthusiasm of the host, and it also means that the guests enjoy the food of the host family. If it's a traditional Middle Eastern meal, it's best to roll it with bread.

Afghanistan: The guests are having their first meal.

At the dining table in Afghanistan, the guest is the one who takes the first bite of food, eats the most and sits farthest from the door. Be careful not to drop the food on the ground. If you accidentally drop a piece of bread, you should pick it up, kiss it, raise it to your forehead and put it down. This series of actions is to show respect for food.

Zambia: The dried mice here are appetizers.

If you happen to travel to rural Zambia, you will find that dried rat is actually an appetizer here. Brave people will eat from the head of the mouse and then from the body, but remember not to eat the tail (it is often used as a toothpick).

We talked so much about table manners in other countries, but we didn't talk about the most important points. What are the table manners in China? Incredible? What about exquisite ones?

Chinese table manners

1, keep a good sitting posture at the table. Tell your children: when you sit at the table, keep your body straight and put your feet on the floor. Your manners look good. ? Of course, this does not require him to sit as straight as a gun rod at the dinner table like a military school student, but it is impossible to sit hunched in his seat like a doll.

2. When you stop eating, there are many options for placing your hands. You may like to put your hand on the table with the bottom of your wrist against the edge of the table; Or you can put your hands on your knees under the table. Keeping your hands still, in the eyes of people at the same table, may be much better than playing with food on the plate or playing with your hair!

Don't press your elbow on the table when eating. It is harmless to put one hand or two elbows on the table between serving, because this is the natural posture of people who are talking enthusiastically. However, when eating, it is best to leave your elbows off the table.