I eat "American style" for the most part. My parents, and especially my paternal grandma, were quite strict about table manners, and it has stuck pretty well. One thing I do enjoy doing is when I eat at an ethnic restaurant, I do my best to eat in that accustomed way. I ate at a Moroccan restaurant, where the suggested method was use the flatbread to pick up the food, but only with the right hand. I "slipped up" a few times but the staff admired me for trying. I think it's a great learning experience. I'll never forget learning how to use chopsticks! Boy was I ever a spazz! But that's how you learn.

This is a really cool thread.