Originally posted by sirrahbed
In Germany we adopted the European way which is holding fork in left hand, cutting meat (or whatever) with knife in right hand and then just using the left hand to put food in the mouth - since that fork stabbed it anyway - oh and tongs down instead of up like they would be in the right hand...make sense??
Yup yup, Debbie, THAT is the European way !! I just cannot eat without both knife and fork . Feels like I have one hand to much then....

It is true that Americans eat with fork in right hand and only switch it to left hand when they want to cut their food into pices, using a knife too then! I noticed when we lived in Missouri in the 80-ties! At first I also tried to eat "the American way", but then I gave up; I just didn't manage to get my peas on that fork without the help of my knife !!