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20 good table manners around the world: pass and fail
20 good table manners around the world: pass and fail

Video: 20 good table manners around the world: pass and fail

Video: 20 good table manners around the world: pass and fail
Video: What do your table manners say about you? | BBC Ideas 2024, March
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The etiquette! That is, learn the art and put it aside. I mean who eats with the elbows perfectly close to the body. Or resist making a shoe in front of the ragù. That doesn't mean we haven't internalized much of table manners.

We have known them from an early age, but we often think they are universally shared, which is why we roll our eyes when we go around the world and see things that are unacceptable to us. Some unspoken rules seem to unite everyone, others (more singular), are respected only in certain states, but it is good to know them, in case we find ourselves eating right there.

Inspired by the Daily Meal, I then compiled the 20 rules of good table manners that everyone should know.

Let's go.

afghanistan
afghanistan

1. AFGHANISTAN

Traditionally, the fall of the bread on the floor requires (or rather consider it a good habit) that it is collected and kissed.

brazil 2 (yes have fun without exaggerating)
brazil 2 (yes have fun without exaggerating)

2. BRAZIL

The cliché that making a lot of noise, screaming and even dancing on the tables is allowed here is absolutely false. As in much of the world it is rude behavior. And also the tone of voice, well, it is not essential to control it maniacally, but be careful not to overdo it, we are still at the table.

Bulgaria
Bulgaria

3. BULGARIA

Around here, yellow flowers mean hatred. So we absolutely avoid taking them to a dinner.

canada and brazil
canada and brazil

4. CANADA

Canadians, as well as Brazilians, are not very strict with the delay. Indeed within the limits of fifteen minutes you will not make anyone angry. And it could make you even more glamorous and desirable.

chile
chile

5. CHILE

It is very rude for Chileans to touch food with your hands. They make no exceptions, not even for fries, pizza or burgers.

China
China

6. CHINA

The Chinese love to leave a lot of chaos on their plate as a guarantee of satisfaction. The same is true if you leave the leftovers, with the exception of the rice, which is a good habit to finish. And even free belching is accepted, indeed it is the best way to compliment the host and flatter the chef.

Egypt
Egypt

7. EGYPT

It is customary to wait for someone else to fill our glass of wine and for us to do the same with that of our neighbors. Never pour the wine yourself and let the level drop below half a glass.

Ethiopia
Ethiopia

8. ETHIOPIA

Ethiopian diners share a large common plate, from which to draw without the use of cutlery. The single dish is in fact considered a waste.

Germany
Germany

9. GERMANY

Indispensable, once seated at the table (and whenever you decide to bite into food), open a napkin and place it on your legs. We Italians do it too, but with much less rigor.

Japan
Japan

10. JAPAN

When you eat pasta and soups, being noisy shows appreciation for the food and for those who prepared it. If you want, you can also drink directly from the tureen. Instead, it is considered very rude, as in the rest of Asia, to cross chopsticks, lick them, or stick them vertically in a bowl of rice.

India
India

11. INDIA

It is mandatory to eat with the right hand. Doing it with the left is not exactly a pure act. The same is true in the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Italy
Italy

12. ITALY

Elbows off the table! It is not just an Italian rule, I know, but it is one of the things that in our country mothers tend to repeat a hundred to a thousand times to their children during the meal.

Mexico
Mexico

13. MEXICO

Tacos are strictly eaten with the hands. Doing it with cutlery is tantamount to being a snob.

russia 2
russia 2

14. RUSSIA

Russia vodka is drunk straight, without discussion. The addition of any other ingredient, even ice, would be seen as a pollution of the purity of the drink. The only exception is beer, which when mixed with vodka creates a drink called "yorsh".

Russia
Russia

15. RUSSIA 2

You can rest your wrists by resting them on the edge of the table. Instead, it is considered rude to place them on your lap.

thailand
thailand

16. THAILAND

In Thailand, the use of forks is allowed only when you are eating something other than rice, or to push rice into a spoon. And if you thought that the alternative was chopsticks, you are wrong: they are considered in bad taste.

Tanzania
Tanzania

17. TANZANIA

In this country we eat on the floor, on a mat or on a carpet. So far, everything is regular. But be careful not to show the soles of your feet: there is no more rude act.

turkey (closed mouth)
turkey (closed mouth)

18. TURKEY

So, here we don't talk with our mouths full, we never ask the price before starting to eat at the restaurant, we always order the meal before the drink and the chicken can be eaten with your hands.

venezuela 2
venezuela 2

19. VENEZUELA

In formal dinners the guest can never ask for an encore. The only thing that can be served twice is the dessert, in addition to the liqueur.

Venezuela
Venezuela

20. VENEZUELA 2

When you eat the soup, you should always fill the spoon to about two thirds, and then sip the liquid a little at a time, without putting the entire cutlery in your mouth.

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