Fruit etiquette

This home is conveniently located in front of the TV, you can fill fruit vase Apple cores or banana skins. Guests also, and especially, in the restaurant, this will not work... in Order not to be left without dessert, I suggest you to take a brief course fruit etiquette, things in your culinary education is indispensable able to put you in the best light even on a romantic date, at least at the official Banquet.

Apples and pears. Apple take from the total of the vase in the left hand and knife for fruit over a plate of thinly cut off the peel spiral, starting from the stalk. Cut off the peel with a knife pushed into the edge of the plate (far from the consumer), and purified Apple put on the center of the plate. Wiping the left hand cloth, using a knife and fork cut the Apple in half. One half lay a little to the side, and the second is cut into slices. Holding a slice with a fork, knife cut out the heart and put it on the cut skin. At the informal meeting of friends, you can take slices with your fingers, but in the restaurant and in the formal Apple eaten with a fork. Just eat and pears.

Peaches and apricots. Peaches and apricots are eaten in different ways. Peach take from the vase by hand and over the plate clean with a knife that part of the skin, which is freely removed. Clean skin is the end of the shift the knife on the edge of the plate and peeled peach is placed on the center of the plate. Big peach take the left hand and make an incision around the circle to the bone, then break. Bone is removed with a knife. Half peach pitted eat not entirely, but cutting it piece by piece. Apricot much less peach, therefore, not cut into pieces, and put in half right in the mouth.

The plum. Large plum break fingers in half and remove the seeds. Small plum compress the ends so that it burst, and then remove the bone.

The grapes. Grapes do not take the instruments and hands. Two fingers holding the brush and turn tear berries. The grapes are taken to eat entirely. If for some reason you can't eat grapes with seeds or skin, it is better not to enjoy them in society. Sometimes grapes served without sprigs each guest in a sundae dish. In this case, eat a teaspoon or dessert spoon. Bone gingerly spit on the tip of the spoon, and then put on a front plate, but if not, then on the edge of his plate.

The orange. Orange take the left hand and over the plate is cut with a knife the skin side of the pedicel. Then with a knife make a circular incision in the skin, not notching her side of the stem. The more cuts, the easier it will be purified orange. After that orange is placed on the center of the plate and, holding his hand, reveal the skin to the stem on cuts. Thus, it appears in the middle of a peeled orange, and on the sides of the petals of the skin in the form of a flower. Then her tone implied fingers on a napkin, pick up a knife and fork, separate it with a slice of orange and if it is large enough, cut off the half, the free end of the knife from seeds, plug direct into the mouth. If you accidentally into his mouth gets a seed, it is removed from the mouth on the tip of the fork and is transferred onto the edge of the plate.

There is a simpler way of dealing with orange, less formal, so to speak. First, cut the peel crosswise, then removed, and the orange hands are divided into slices.

Tangerines. Mandarin take the left hand and the right cleanse over the plate from the skin. Then separate the slices and eat without using any instruments.

The pineapple. Pineapple served purified from the skin and core, cut into circles or wedges. Sometimes served separately sugar or powdered sugar. Eat pineapple with a knife and fork. Pineapple in syrup, sliced, served, as a rule, each in a bowl and eat it a teaspoon or dessert spoon.

The bananas. Bananas served with cut ends. Choose a banana over the stem with the left hand, right hand with a knife, and it is possible and without it, cleaned from the skin and put it on the center of the plate, and the skin - on the edge of the plate. The pulp of the banana is eaten with a knife and fork, cutting off slices.

Watermelons and melons are served sliced shares of peel. The piece put it on a plate peel down, and using a fork and knife cut the flesh to pieces. The pulp is also possible to eat a teaspoon to firm skin. Or a slice of watermelon put it on a plate pulp to himself, and peel - away. Eat with a knife and fork into small pieces, after freeing them from seed with a knife.

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