Bread should be broken and not cut before buttering it to eat.
A knife should never be used at table except where one is unable to cut his food with his fork; it should never be used in conveying food to the mouth.
A knife should be held by its handle, and the finger not allowed to extend up on the blade. In eating with a fork it should be held in the right hand.
The fork is generally used with the tines curving upward.
Olives are eaten from the fingers; pickles, from a fork. It is usual to put either a small fork or a long-handled spoon with a small bowl on the dish containing olives or pickles, and one should use it in helping one’s self.
The tips of the fingers are put in the finger-bowls and may then moisten the lips. Both lips and finger tips are dried on the napkin, which is not afterwards folded.
Watermelons are eaten with a fork, and cantaloupes with either a spoon or a fork.
A baked potato should be eaten from the plate after it has been pushed out of its skin by the fork.
Dried beef is eaten with a fork.
Grape seeds may be removed from the mouth with the fingers. The seeds of watermelons should be taken from the fruit with a fork before the fruit is put into the mouth.