Today 3 years ago, @vinny_san_1986 and I said "yes" in the midst of all covid restrictions. It was the best day 💕
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PART II 🥂Place of the glasses on the table - French table setting
This week I broke up the answer to the #Fridaytablefun game. The second version is about where we can place the glasses on the table according to the French style.
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When you prepare an informal table, like most of us at most of the time for our daily meals; according to the French table setting, you can keep your glasses on the right side as the English version.
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When you prepare a formal table with several glasses for water, bubbles and different wines, you can choose where you place them.
1️⃣ Either instead of arranging them on the right, you can pull them towards the middle-left side. The idea is place them in front of the plate starting on the leftish, so they should not go to the far left side.
2️⃣ In the formal table setting, you can also arrange all the glasses on the right side if you like.
#Fridaytablefun is a fun way to discover #tableetiquette rules and learn about #hometablesetting and how to make your next #tablesetting perfect.
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Interesting read about #frenchtablesetting rules: http://www.tb-haute-coutellerie.com/fr/actualites/article/comment-dresser-une-table-dans-les-regles-de-l-art-les-conseils-de-tb-groupe
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PART I 🥂Place of the glasses on the table - English table setting
Thank you for all who voted on the game in my stories called #Fridaytablefun. This week I brought two versions of the glasses position on the table.
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Have you ever been confused when you went to the restaurant or was invited for a formal dinner or wedding and you had a lot of glasses on both of your side? Which one is mine?
Let's clarify this, so you can be prepared for post-covid outgoings and you can also make a #perfecttable at home.
In the English table setting style, we place the glasses on the right side of the plate.
Trick number 1️⃣ to remember is the so called b&d method. When you form a circle with your thumb and index finger on both of your hands, you see they form a "b" and a "d". B stands for bread and D stands for drinks. So if you need a reminder in the future, you can use this method easily.
To make a perfect table, that's not enough. The exact place of the glasses makes a the difference.
Trick number 2️⃣ The water glass should be in straight line with the knife. The wine glasses come on the right side of the water glass. In which order? That will be for another week's game 😊
#Fridaytablefun is a fun way to discover #tableetiquette rules and learn about #hometablesetting and how to make your next #tablesetting perfect. PART II is coming this afternoon with where we place the glasses according the French table setting style.
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Interesting read and videos about both styles with more information: https://www.cliseetiquette.com/b-d-success/
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Thank you for all who voted on the game in my stories called #Fridaytablefun. The vote results are very interesting, very tight fight on which is the French and which is the English table setting style. I run this poll on IG and FB and got different results. Looks like my IG crowd guessed it right and my FB crowd not.
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Let's clarify this, so you can prepare a #perfecttable next time. Maybe for #valentinesday ?
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There are two main traditions in table setting styles:
1️⃣ The so called English which is used in the UK, US and in a lot of other countries. Hungary as well where I am from. According to this tradition, the cutlery is facing upwards, towards the air.
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2️⃣ The other one is called the French style, which is used mainly in France. In this tradition, the cutlery is facing downwards, towards the napkin.
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It comes from the times when aristocrats wanted to show their family initials engraved in their cutlery to their guests. The engravement was on the back of the cutlery, so their turned it to make it visible. On English cutleries the initials were on the top side, so it was not necessary to turn them. Rumor has it, Napoleon wanted to brag about this, so it became the norm in French table setting because of him. True or not, who knows?
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None of these styles are better than the other one, they are both correct. The most important is to stay consistent by not mixing the two on the same table. Use only one of them to #impress your next guests or loved ones.
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#Fridaytablefun is a fun way to discover #tableetiquette rules and learn about #hometablesetting and how to make your next #tablesetting perfect. Back next week with a question on glasses' position.
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Interesting read and videos about both styles with more information: https://apprendre-les-bonnes-manieres.com/table-francaise-anglaise-differences/
#tablesetting #tablesettings #etiquette #dining #basictablesetting #frenchtablesetting #englishtablesetting
In this valuable time of being able to learn and grow, I completed an MPI certification on Emergency preparedeness for events and meetings. These are the 4 take aways I appreciated the most. Contact me if you want to know more about MPI. I am a member of their Belgium chapter. 🔥💪
I have become full time independent event planner just before the coronavirus hit Europe. Everybody is asking how is it going for me, so here is a video about my personal experience in these times.
