Strategies for using and cleaning Cutlery
Good table manners say a lot about an individual’s personality and upbringing You need to know the right way to use the cutlery.
• By using knife and fork, the knife is held in the right hand for cutting and the fork in the left hand.
• While using a fork with a knife, the prongs face downwards.
• Eating just with the fork, one must hold the upper an element of the handle between the index and the middle finger and the thumb holds the fork steady. The prongs of the fork face upwards and the ring and the small fingers support the other fingers.
• When you hold the knife, cover the end of the knife with your palm and rest the index finger about an inch down the handle in order to press firmly.
• Cut a portion of the food for a mouthful, do not cut the entire food into small portions before eating.
• For a sit down meal other pieces of cutlery are also laid but only two pieces are used at once.
• When eating do not wave your cutlery in mid-air to emphasise a point.
• Put the knife and fork straight on the plate after use with the blade of the knife facing inwards.
he first thing to learn in how to clean cutlery properly is to never put your knives, shears or another utensil from your knife block in the dishwasher. Even if your dishwasher claims to have a “knife basket” to supposedly prevent the blades from banging around, don’t do it. Knives should not get so dirty that they must make the dishwasher anyways. The knives can not only bang into each other, but they can bang into other utensils or the plastic basket itself and put nicks and scrapes in everything. If you put your cutlery in the dishwasher, you would end up getting chipped up blades and dented forks and spoons. The plastic would also have little dents in them, this is a perfect resting place for germs to settle in.
Another no-no is now to clean cutlery properly is to not just wipe the blades so they appear clean. The vast majority of important when cutting chicken, eggs and fish because these foods have a higher likelihood carrying E coli or salmonella. The two of these are easily spreadable and can make a lot of people very sick. I repeat…do not just wipe the blades “clean”.
The best old method to figure out how to clean cutlery properly is to hand wash them in warm soapy water. Your dish soap will clean any bacteria from the food. Washing each piece one at a time will prevent any nicks in the blade or any other nearby utensil. The only warning to mention is to not drop cutlery in a soapy water filled sink. The reason being you may forget what you put in that water and when shop at grab something to clean, you could very well grab a blade and cut yourself.
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