This explains the difference. The European method seems the most optimal.

I thought this would simply be about the knife and the fork switching hands, but holding the fork tines up or down (spearing vs scooping) is new to me.

On the other hand, I don't think Americans ever pick up food with their fork and switch the loaded fork to the other hand, especially if the food is scooped, not speared. A lot of food would be dropped in the process.

As a non-conformist, I taught myself to use my knife in the non-dominant hand so that the fork is used in the same hand regardless of knife usage.

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dmonitor a day ago | parent [-]

I typically just forgo the knife and cut food with the side of the fork. Unless it's a particularly thick slab of meat, it works just fine.

	▲	johnisgood a day ago \| parent [-]
		Pretty much. I do the same thing with a spoon.

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the_gipsy 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

To save you a click, the answer is: yes.

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craftkiller 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

This is bonkers. Just cut the food with your non-dominant hand. If you're so weak that you cannot cut the food with your non-dominant hand then you're either a small child, elderly, or you have a medical condition.

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vhcr 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's just awkward, I've held the knife with my dominant hand all my life.

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avadodin a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You are getting reported but you should be given a medal —or token if you are an AI or otherwise lack the anatomy for it.

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the_gipsy 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Nonsense. If you can cut with your non dominant hand, then you can also spear and scoop with it.

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craftkiller 2 days ago | parent [-]

Spear and scoop requires dexterity, hence the use of the dominant hand. Cutting is an extremely simple task with no special requirements.

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oharapj a day ago | parent | next [-]

You obviously haven’t done it both ways and are assuming that spearing requires more dexterity than cutting. Hilarious that you could just try it for yourself and figure out that knife in the dominant hand works well but choose instead to bore everyone with your ignorance and stunning closemindedness

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okanat a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do you always get fish served deboned? Cutting it with non-dominant hand sucks, especially more bony ones like trout. For me doing almost anything with my non dominant part sucks, my left hand is 20x less useful.

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craftkiller a day ago | parent [-]

Fish are gross and smell gross. I don't get them served at all.

	▲	the_gipsy a day ago \| parent [-]
		So you probably only "cut" Chicken McNuggets and shit like that. Why use a knife at all? Just cut it with the fork sideways.

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the_gipsy a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Nonsense