Your knife goes in your right hand, held surgeon-style with the index finger out straight along the blade. Your fork goes in your left hand with the tines pointed down. Cut only one bite of food at a time. Either stab the bite with your fork, or use your knife to smash it onto the back of the tines of the fork. Either way, take small bites. If there are peas or similarly little-rolling-around foods to be eaten, put some of your mashed potatoes or sauce on your fork first, and use that as as mortar to cement the peas in place.
Always default to using your knife and fork, unless your meal is broadly recognised as something that's acceptable to pick up with the hands. Just because it's a sandwich doesn't always mean you should pick it up. Even hamburgers require cutlery, outside of a fast-food context.
When you are making yourself a cuppa (tea or coffee), put the milk in the cup first, and then add the hot liquid.
When someone offers you a tea-time snack, like muffins or baby quiches or something, always accept but cut the snack in half and take the smaller of the two pieces.
Always default to using your knife and fork, unless your meal is broadly recognised as something that's acceptable to pick up with the hands. Just because it's a sandwich doesn't always mean you should pick it up. Even hamburgers require cutlery, outside of a fast-food context.
When you are making yourself a cuppa (tea or coffee), put the milk in the cup first, and then add the hot liquid.
When someone offers you a tea-time snack, like muffins or baby quiches or something, always accept but cut the snack in half and take the smaller of the two pieces.
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