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The Heller Poll: Forks up or down, America?

March 15, 2016 by Andrew Heller 10 Comments


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  1. Jim S. says

    March 15, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    Tines up. This isn’t England!!!

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  2. Randy C. says

    March 15, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    I was taught it was bad manners to use tines down (German ancestors)…now as an adult I see folks from other ethnicities using tines down.

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  3. Erin Carnes says

    March 15, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    Tines up you barbarians!

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  4. Jim Walworth says

    March 15, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    My father was English and tines down with whatever food was on the plate pushed with his knife onto the fork. A delightful mix of flavored and textures.

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  5. John says

    March 15, 2016 at 2:14 pm

    Tines down keeps you from using it like a shovel which is a good thing for some people I have seen out and about… (No, not you Andrew Heller…)

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  6. Ron says

    March 15, 2016 at 2:21 pm

    Tines down,,class. Tines up, most Americans. Just sayin.

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  7. verahogan says

    March 15, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    Tines down are for twirling pasta only!

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  8. Karen Stuart says

    March 15, 2016 at 6:32 pm

    Tines up .

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  9. Frank Rowley says

    March 15, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    As long as you don’t use your fork to reach for something on my plate–I don’t care.

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  10. Mary K says

    March 16, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    As my Aunt Jean (the uncrowned queen of proper etiquette in my family…may she rest in peace) would say, “The fork must be held like a writing instrument – tines up when inserting it into your mouth. And don’t forget when using a fork to hold down something that is being cut with a knife, one’s fork must be transferred to the opposite hand when one is cutting with the knife. Then the fork must be transferred back to the original hand and the knife placed back on the edge of the plate before eating, tines up, what has been cut.” My grandfather would say, “Egads!”.He was a tines-down Englishman who ate everything with a knife and fork in each hand and most things were smooshed on the back of his fork. I say, “Whatever works!”.

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