Handedness

[Guest]

You're sat there eating your dinner.  Chips and a nice vege pie with peas and gravy (other pies are available). 

 

Which hand do you use to shovel the forkfuls of food into your mouth?  And are you right-handed or left-handed?

 

I'm right-handed, and my fork is in my right hand, and the knife is in my left hand.  I'm told that this is not the way of the world and I should change immediately or be shunned by all normal people.

 

What about you?

[Mister M 1,626]

Thinking  about the times I've gone to restaurants for a sit down meal, the fork is positioned to the left of the plate and the knife to the right, so I've never questioned why I hold the fork with my left hand, and knife with my right hand.

[RollingJ 2,047]

Depends what I'm eating - if I only need to use the fork, I use my right hand, if I need to use a knife, that is in the right, fork in the left.

 

However, if you feel more comfortable the other way round, what is it of anyone else's business?

[Rockers rule 673]

Just to be different 

I'm ambidextrous and use either, or, but prefer fork in Left.

 

Who cares as long as my plate is full 🥩 🥧 🍗 😋

 

Keep safe out there.

eat well & often . 

[butlers 261]

1 hour ago, Hecate said:

You're sat there eating your dinner.  Chips and a nice vege pie with peas and gravy (other pies are available). 

 

Which hand do you use to shovel the forkfuls of food into your mouth?  And are you right-handed or left-handed?

 

I'm right-handed, and my fork is in my right hand, and the knife is in my left hand.  I'm told that this is not the way of the world and I should change immediately or be shunned by all normal people.

 

What about you?

I wil join you on the naughty step

[nikki-red 308]

2 minutes ago, butlers said:

I wil join you on the naughty step

Me too.

 

Right handed, fork in right hand 🤷🏻‍♀️

[butlers 261]

It just makes sense.

I can keep the elbows off the table though..

[Vrsaljko 204]

I'm right handed but my fork is always in my left hand when eating a proper meal. Using a fork with your right hand seems more of an American thing.

 

The only exception would be when I'm not using a knife at the same time, such as for eating pasta or cheesecake etc. Then I'd consider using my right hand.

 

[Rockers rule 673]

12 minutes ago, Vrsaljko said:

I'm right handed but my fork is always in my left hand when eating a proper meal. Using a fork with your right hand seems more of an American thing.

 

The only exception would be when I'm not using a knife at the same time, such as for eating pasta or cheesecake etc. Then I'd consider using my right hand.

 

My Gran always thought it was funny, 'I ate the wrong-way-round'.

 

As far back as I can remember I've always been ambidextrous. 

Which sure helps in't garage 😀.

I write predominantly with my right but can soon get in to the swing of things writing left handed. 

Four of our kids are left handed.

Is handedness inherited ❓

[cressida 1,574]

I'm left handed,  at school the teacher noticed my handwriting sloped backwards so I rectified it by writing vertically.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, butlers said:

It just makes sense.

Yes!  Exactly.  Left hand to prod food onto fork; right hand to deposit food in mouth. 

 

I have a distinct memory of a dinner lady trying to get me to eat 'the right way' at infant school, but nevertheless I persisted.

[cressida 1,574]

24 minutes ago, Rockers rule said:

 

Four of our kids are left handed.

Is handedness inherited ❓

One of my sons is left handed,  the other one is ambidextrous.