I was taught to lay your fork across the plate and place the knife in the tongs of the fork. It is a clear signal that you have finished your meal and when someone clears the plate, the utensils do not slide all over the place. I learned this at Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, MS.
When you have finished your food, leave the cutlery on the plate; that will make it easier to take the cutlery away, as well as minimizing food stains on the table, which could result if you left your cutlery on the table.
Sharp edge of knife facing inward (toward the plate).
You cross them in an 'X' formation on your plate.
you put them at three oclock on your plate
You keep the fork on the left and knife in the right.one suggestion for the people that please use your own common sense.
Neatly next to each other.
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Good utensils are referred to as silverware or cutlery.
Silverware, dinnerware, or supperware. Cutlery, Eating Utensils.
Knives, forks and spoons used for serving and eating food. Despite the name, does not need to be made of silver.
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Cross your knife and fork on the center of your dinner plate to signal you are finished with that course.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a fun way to say silverware. Your fork and spoon and knife weren't shooting irons, but eating irons.
Quite simply: no. Wombats are living creatures. They are native marsupials of Australia. They don't clean silverware.
The silverware is called Community.
Cutlery is a correct answer. An additional word would be silverware, but since almost no one uses silver silverware anymore, tableware is probably preferable.
silverware - articles made of silver
People who want Silverware.