No meal can do without bread. Proverbs, sayings and even fairy tales write about him. Doctors speak about its advantage even. Invariably respectful attitude to this valuable product affected the standards of behavior at the table. It would seem nothing complicated, but there are certain rules.
Fundamental rules
Sitting at the table, it is important not only to behave correctly, but also to eat food according to the rules of etiquette. They exist for bread.
The most important rule is that a slice will certainly be taken with hands from a common dish. After that you put the piece in your plate.
If you are in a restaurant, then you will be in front of a pie plate, on which you have to put bread. If there is no such dish in front of you, then it is permissible to put a slice on the edge of the snack plate of a plate. She served first. By the way, cake, cookies and fruit are also taken by hand. Interestingly, you can even take sugar in cubes with your fingers, if the tongs have disappeared somewhere.
They eat bread, helping themselves exclusively with their left hand, breaking off small pieces. To do this, you must first release the hand from the plug. The device is placed on the edge of the plate teeth up. The knife is left in the right hand. Try to accustom yourself to this rule, otherwise you can automatically take your neighbor's bread.
There are small exceptions to this rule, which are based on national traditions. For example, when eating soups of Ukrainian or Russian cuisine, bread can be eaten off.
Snacks on a slice nobody puts. It can be applied only pasty products - oil or pate. They are picked up with a knife from a common plate and transferred to their plate. Caviar from a common plate can be immediately put on the bread.
Apply the oil must also in accordance with the rules. Break off a small piece of the slice and press your finger to the plate. After that you can smear the oil. It is not accepted to apply on the whole piece, only on the edge, calculated on one bite. If you want ham or cheese with bread, then you can eat them separately.
As a rule, the oil is rectangular in shape, for it there is a special knife. The blade of such a knife is rounded. On the edge there are cloves. This is necessary in order to gently separate a small amount of oil, put it in its plate, and then spread on a slice.
Sometimes restaurants serve olive oil. It is necessary so that you can dip bread in it. It is served in portions for everyone. You need to dunk very small pieces, which immediately go into your mouth.
However, there is an exception - the rules of etiquette at breakfast. They are much simpler. At the table you can make sandwiches from a variety of snacks. It turned out great - then put it on your plate and cut it into small pieces that are convenient to pinch the forks with your teeth.
On a slice, you can still smear jam or honey. Before you do this, cut the slice into long pieces.
Bread is always on our table. It may be a simple breakfast, or maybe a solemn meal. In each case, you must not forget about the rules of table etiquette.
The main way is to take a slice with your hands from a basket or dish, if they are located close to you.
There are two more options. The first is to get a slice from the breadbox with the help of forceps, if any.
The second method is similar to the main method, but it uses a napkin.In this case, if you took a piece, and you did not like it, then you have the right to put it back and take another one. But if you took the bread with your hands without a napkin, you should definitely not put it back!
Usually the slice is on the table either in the bread box or in the basket. If it is cut, then take the basket and first offer the neighbor to the right, only then take it yourself. If the bread is not sliced, then it must be done independently.
Before you take a piece, offer the neighbor on the left, and then the neighbor on the right. When the last slice remains on the table before you take it, treat the others.
According to etiquette it is forbidden to perform the following manipulations with bread:
- Take cutlery: fork or knife!
- Putting on the table or napkin.
- Grind in the hands and throw in the plate.
- Keep on palm and smear with oil.
- Do not eat up and leave on a plate.
- Biting from a common piece.
- Cut a piece, buttered.
- Put on bread snacks. The exception is breakfast.
- Wipe off a plate.
- Roll balls from the crumb.
- Hold a slice in one hand and drink in the other.
- Leave the pieces bitten on a plate.
How to eat sandwiches?
Butterbrot is translated from German as bread and butter. To date, the sandwich can be with any filler. Sausage, pate, vegetables - all this is perfect for the filling. When making a sandwich, it is important that the slice thickness is no more than 1 cm. Strongly to act and the more so fall out of the sandwich snack.
When serving, they usually put a napkin under the sandwich so as not to get their hands dirty. If you are sitting at the table, then the sandwich is eaten with a fork and knife. Cut on one bite. Sandwiches are divided into several types, each of which must be eaten differently, as there are certain rules.
Classic - bread with butter and supplement on top. These sandwiches are made at home every day, but no one there is watching you, so you can eat it as you prefer. If such a sandwich is offered to you to try in a restaurant, you need to eat with the help of cutlery. The piece should be cut off a small one so that it can be easily chewed and swallowed.
Big hot sandwich
The sandwich is multi-level. Often this food does not fit in your mouth. Therefore, in order not to look awkward, use cutlery. It happens that they are not, in this case come to the aid of paper napkins.
If you have a hot sandwich in front of you, the same rules apply as for a multi-level one.
However, if there is cheese on your slice, then it should be cut off to the borders of the piece of bread. Otherwise, they can get their face dirty with food or it will just hang down, and this is not aesthetically pleasing.
Small sandwiches and sandwiches
If you are at the common table, then small sandwiches should be transferred to your plate with the help of special devices. After that, you can eat it with your hands, without cutting and not using a fork.
Canapes and sandwiches are also eaten with the hands. They are mainly served before a general meal, at a buffet table.
A sandwich is a sandwich made up of two pieces of bread. Put different stuffing in the middle. Canape is of two types: with a soft filling and with a hard. You can eat canapés by holding onto a skewer or by holding the bottom layer of a sandwich.
Bread traditions
Every nation has traditions that it unquestioningly observes. So we have no feast without bread. In other countries, it is also not the last product. Germany is considered the country of bread fashion at all. It was the Germans who taught everyone to eat bread with various additives: olives, cabbage, carrots, nuts and raisins, seeds.
Great Britain is another country with a high grain culture. In Britain, they bake a variety of types of bread with the addition of whole grains of cereals and seeds. Some varieties can afford each resident, while others are only for rich people.
From Italy in the mid-90s came the famous ciabatta.The form of this sort of bread is oblong, which justifies the name in translation - “slipper”. It includes, among other things, olive oil.
A loaf can be dense and light, depending on the recipe adopted in each province or even locality. But be sure to crisp. Ciabatta is used today to make sandwiches all over the world.
Interestingly, in Italy, bread is not produced in large quantities. Often, every Italian bakes him himself.
In an Italian restaurant, it is forbidden to eat bread or bread sticks in between meals.
Morning Spaniard also begins with freshly baked bread. It is from here that the tradition of dipping a slice in olive oil with garlic began. The bun is cut into several small pieces and, with the help of a fork, dipped into fragrant oil.
France is not only unsurpassed perfumery, but also extremely tasty airy bread. Residents of France eat it every day and do not get fat. It's all about the unique recipe, which does not include the use of milk.
If you correctly prepare a loaf and use it wisely, then you will not recover. In restaurants, bread is served to the main dish, sometimes to the cheese at the end of the meal.
The Swiss shepherds invented the first fondue. On the pasture they came to the conclusion that if you cut bread into small cubes, strung them on a skewer and put them in melted cheese, you will get not only a very satisfying meal, but also incredibly tasty. Hence the tradition to dip pieces of bread or buns into various hot additives.
See the next video for more information on how to take bread when you sit at a table.
