Dip your spoon into the soup tilting it away from you then lift the spoon into your mouth.
Avoid hunching over the bowl and slurping.
Sip the soup from the end or the side and avoid putting the whole spoon in your mouth.
It is permissible to pick up a soup cup that has handles.
EATING SALAD
Be sure to use your salad fork.
Cut the large pieces of lettuce or vegetables and eat bite-sized portions. Don’t cut the entire salad at once, cut sections at a time and eat in between.
When cutting, hold the fork in your left hand with the tines down and hold the knife in your right hand.
Place your knife at the top of your plate, with the blade facing you after cutting.
Switch the fork to your right hand and eat with the tines up.
Put your fork and knife in the five o’clock position when you have finished.
MAIN COURSE
When cutting, hold the fork in your left hand with the tines down and hold the knife in your right hand.
Don’t cut the entire entrée (or meat); cut bite-sized sections at a time.
When cutting hold the knife about a quarter inch from the fork, holding it to far will cause the meat to slip away.
Place your knife at the top of your plate, with the blade facing you after cutting.
Switch the fork to your right hand and eat with the tines up.
Put your fork and knife in the five o’clock position when you have finished.
BREAD AND BUTTER
Place the bread on your bread and butter plate.
Take the butter from the butter dish (sometimes it’s wrapped) and place it on your bread and butter plate.
Break off a small piece of bread, hold it in your fingers (not the palm of your hand) and butter it.
You may sop up gravy with your bread but use your fork not your fingers.
