Jellies, puddings, custards, porridges, preserves and boiled eggs
are always eaten with spoons. Also, of course, soup, bouillon, coffee
and tea. In the case of the three latter beverages, however; the spoon
is used only to stir them once or twice and to taste them to see that
they are of the desired temperature. It is never allowed to stand in the
cup while the beverage is being drunk. Nor is it permissible to draw up
a spoonful of soup or coffee and blow upon it; one must wait until it is
sufficiently cooled of itself. In taking soup, the correct way to use
the spoon is to dip it with an outward motion instead of drawing it
towards one. The soup is then imbibed from the side, not the end.
THE FORK AND KNIFE
In using the fork and knife, one can display a pleasing grace, or just
the opposite--awkward clumsiness. It depends entirely upon how well one
knows and follows the correct rules. The first rule to be remembered is
that a knife is never used for any other purpose than cutting food. It
is unforgiveable to use a knife to convey food to the mouth--
unforgiveable and vulgar.
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