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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]No one in my family ever used a fork and knife to eat (fork in the left hand, knife in the right). We just ate with forks in our dominant hand, and eating Euro-style is very unnatural and fancy to me. 
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I thought meat should always be very, very well done. [/quote]

This one is me. I work internationally and I always feel very awkward, but I'm too uncoordinated to shift to Euro-style on cutlery.[/quote]

I grew up using cutlery American style as well. I've always had the sense that European style is more refined, but it feels awkward to me so I don't bother with it. How many people here use American vs. European style?  [/quote]

If I’m eating meat I eat fork LH, knife RH.

My father explained it that you keep the meat warmer by only cutting immediately before you want to eat that bite.

I believe I asked the same question lots of kids do— why go back and forth and back and forth?! He said, don’t, keep your meat hot and use the fork in your left hand.

Whatever. [/quote]

The explanation I was told is that Americans, as opposed to Europeans, cut meat with their right hand but only hold the knife briefly and hold the fork in the right hand the majority of time to show their peaceful intentions. [/quote]

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