Eating
Table manners in Europe vary widely according to region and social context. Placing one's elbows on the table may be considered rude, as is speaking with one's mouth full. Generally the fork is held in the left hand, using the right to cut food into pieces, as the right hand in earlier times would have held the knife or dagger for cutting meat.
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“After eating hundreds of rats, the cat is on a pilgrimage.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.
“That anger can be expressed through words and non-destructive activities; that promises are intended to be kept; that cleanliness and good eating habits are aspects of self-esteem; that compassion is an attribute to be prized—all these lessons are ones children can learn far more readily through the living example of their parents than they ever can through formal instruction.”
—Fred Rogers (20th century)
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—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)