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Can't remember where your soup spoon ought to go? What about your salad fork? Knowing how to set a traditional table can seem like antiquated etiquette -- but it can come in handy! Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of etiquette expert Emily Post, shows how to set a table with a plate full of tips and tricks to boot (even your grandmother will be impressed).
Lesson by Anna Post, animation by TED-Ed.
"Have you ever helped set a table and found yourself wondering where to place the forks?"
No.
haha
@@ThePinoyDrinker Can you guess where I'm from?
@@ThePinoyDrinker yes!
@@ThePinoyDrinker good guesser
Me: as a left-handed
Guess I'll stave
You can do it! Practice using your right hand. In a few months you'll be a fine ambidextrous lefty like me
Had to look at it opposite lol
@@mikeoxmaul45 Ah, for me, both hands are all useful:
I eat and drink with my left, and write (and use a mouse) with right. Everything works out, right...?
When I once learned to set the table, I always took out so many knives and forks, and because my family is Chinese, they would always be like 'Put it back, we're Chinese, and we eat with chopsticks.'
The way you set your table is important, because it influences three things: It indicates the tone/feeling that people have about being together. It lets people know that you think they are important enough to put in extra effort for them. It influences the appearance of the food served. This video really gives us lots of ideas about setting a table.
Thanks for the video, but i'm Indonesian, we are eating with hands.
😂😂
Not with gravy food right
I'm a pilipino and I'm also using hand while eating.. pft..
In India also
Irfan Prabowo ;---;
Another great way to remember placement of the utensils: FORK is LEFT (four letters), KNIFE/SPOON is RIGHT (five letters).
Wow very useful, thanks
Extra points if you accommodate the left handed guest and switch it all around.
I hoped there would be some mathematical reasoing behind it.
Ya me too
Its all because the pitches who have money can’t remember anything so you make it as easy as you can for them to not messed it up big time by using the wrong cutlery for the wrong meal
wait wait wait wait hold up..... Salad knife?
LOL
lol
NSDP some women (specially older ones) cut their lettuce
lol!
NSDP I know
Dinner forks AND salad forks? THEY LOOK THE SAME!!!!!!!
I REPEAT, THEY LOOK THE SAME!!!!!!!!!
IKR!!!
If you get your hands on a full "fancy" silverware set, say, at a really fancy restaurant or as an heirloom or something, the salad forks tend to be smaller than the dinner forks. Anyway, you eat your salad with the "salad" silverware, whether it's actually smaller or not, then leave it on the plate. The butler or waiter or whoever's handling changing courses takes your plate, silverware and all, back to the kitchen and brings out the main course (or sometimes the soup), so you're going to want that second fork, whether it looks the same to you or not.
What a funny comment, you say it like something is on fire. Lol
😂😂
They look the same but they are use in different. Be open minded!
all I need are my hands, a banana leaf to eat anything.. plus a glass of water
Useful! Many don't know this and it's always a nice refresher for those who do know.
Yeah!
now we eat the cloth?
*can you confirm production?*
+Danillo Rodrigues im crying
Danillo Rodrigues yes
Pretty sure that's a dessert spoon and not a soup spoon ( soup spoon is rounded ) and the little one is a tea spoon used for sugaring your t and stirring ...
toni hall yes, you're correct .. and the salad fork is usually smaller and a bit wider than the main fork.. and only one knife unless one is a steak knife.. there is no such thing as a salad knife either.. ask Emily!
Thanks TED for the collaboration of great educators and animators to create this lesson that is so worth sharing like how could I even imagine passing out of high school without this!! Thank you so much! You saved my life and I owe you one!! Keep making amazing videos like this and I wish you the best of luck! :)
So true.
Thanks, that's pretty cool.
The more you know.
Me who’s eaten all of my food already and this dude is still setting his table :/
When i think about the working efficiency of CPU, i think the cost (salary to pay processor for help us) we pay to buy CPU (especially the processor) is not enough... i mean the salary we given to cpu is very small... because it work multiple jobs very hard simultaneously...
Great and very useful! It was amazing help for my school project on setting the table
😊😊
My school project is memorize it this video doesn t help me with that
Can you do a: how to eat with hands video... Feeling left out☹️
0:33 who would set a table like that?! Other than that weird Clip, very informative! :-)
Me before watching the video? ; )
As soon as you walk into a house and the table is set like that you know you’re about to have a “relaxing” and “comfortable” dinner experience 😂
Then, clearly, commenting on this video shouldn't be a priority either? Hogs are free to keep slurping at the trough - the video was aimed at those interested in learning a few basic pointers - no judgement, no force... and really, these are very basic things - it doesn't cost anything, not even an effort.
My teacher asked me to remember this for the exam.
Whattt The heck The salad fork looks The same as The din ER fork
Im here for my project 😭😂
Same
This is not elitist or fancy, just the most basic elementary part of table manners. If you don't know this or resent it, chances are you're a unmannered bafoon.
i just use my hands
+melnibone oeo I just use my face
you will make a mess...
+melnibone oeo Also do that... and i'm portuguese...
It's faster! and the food tastes better (at least for me...)
+Alex Stefanov (umnikos) you wouldn't make a mess if you know how to eat with hands
Good etiquette is not frivolous, ridiculous or a wast of time - unless you're a peasant boor, and then it doesn't matter ~ bon appetite mon Cheri*
But I'm left handed...>:(
That makes sense! I was wondering why it would just be assumed that you'd use your off hand for your fork. I would only want my knifes on the right personally, even though if I'm doing knife work I use my left hand. Next time I eat a fancy meal I'm going to "fix" the layout, lol
Do you realize that if I was the only one setting a table like this, I'd be diagnosed with OCD and medicated?
i dont think that the way you arranged the glass is right since we need to pour the water to the glass which has less height by crossing the wine glass with height. when doing so there is often chance that the water may spill. if we place the water glass first which has less height we can easly pour wine to the glass crossing the water glass which dosn't couse any obstacle. thank you
...she said as I was eating a sausage with my pocket knife from a repurposed pizza box...
Excellent. I've made countless dinners for people and have only winged it. Finally, I watch your video and it's all clear. Btw, I never knew that it's either a table cloth or place mat but never both. I'd been making that mistake for years.
Tq for this video.
It was a great helpful for my interview.
lovely video :)
no its not
lmao
Yes, very simple, informative and to the point.
what if your left-handed? lol this is only convenient for right-handers
Yup
Flip it up, duh, you dont have to be a genius to figure that one out.
This might not go for all left-handed people but my father is left-handed and he holds his cutlery the same way round as most right-handed people.
Instructions unclear, I ate the napkin.
Would it be backwards for lefties? Like, the knifes would be on the other side?
yes
No, there is one style for all. European and American, lefties or righties.
I eat all my meals in front of my computer.
I got 99 problems and the proper way to set a table with dinner forks n' knives, salad forks n' knives, soup spoons, and desert spoons ain't one.
Wtf? all i use is a bowl and a spoon for everything i eat.
I am right handed but I hold my fork in the right hand and knife in the left hand. Am I weird?
karbengo You must make a mess when cutting your food.
bmortloff Not at all.
+karbengo Nope, you can't be weird because you're holding your fork and knife the way you feel comfortable with. ;)
The ones who are weird are those who hold them in an uncomfortable way on purpose.
+karbengo I do the same thing.
yeah ur weird :P
The utensils can be doubled or tripled depending on which food or meal you will need. The most important thing is about its place arrangements.
VERY DISCRIMINATORY!! I’m a lefty and you acted like people are only righty.
I JUST EAT WITH MY HANDS
Using knife, fork and a plate isn't really all that elitary :)
you forgot that the knife/forks/spoons are to be 1 inch from the edge of the table?? Me too, never heard of a salad fork, usually salad fork is smaller than the dinner fork, I think you need to gain more knowledge, this to me is not very "classy", Sorry, the guests should be served proper table etiquette, beginning from seating to ending, and a whole lot more during the dinner/high tea or what ever your planning to teach here.
Thanks for advice the video is cool reply please
I don't know what restaurant you all eat at, but any place that has a separate fork and knife for SALAD is way above my pay grade. 1950 called they want their place settings back.
i never learned any of these when i was younger and im so glad someone on the internet teaches this for free. i hope modern people nowadays learn back the old ways like this. its more interesting 😊
Here is one thing some restaurants forget: the table is set perfectly.
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But there are finger marks everywhere and the cutlery still has bits of food attached. Or the table has not been wiped properly.
very insightful! thank you very much!
+imthatghost this has helped me so much in my times of need
+ANiKAN2014 unlike candles im LIT ALL DA TIME
+imthatghost awww yiis, preach it
+ANiKAN2014 I love the intimacy between the dessert spoon and its user
+imthatghost I completely agree, i also love the use of the placemat or tablecloth to keep the dishes from touching the table directly.
Salad KNIFE? That’s a little much. I’ve been setting the table for almost 30 years and never had to use or provide one.
well, there's a correct side for the majority of people, though.
i usually have to switch sides as well, but most don't have to, so there's some sense in doing so.
I am already familiar with table setting placement but I would like to ask why is it not acceptable to use placemats on top of a tablecloth?
It's a little sad that we need videos like this. lol
Only dz u know ito mga alam ng mga taong Nawawalaan ng ng awa sa mahihirap kasi palagi lang ito yong ini imagine nila kong paano humarap ng maganda masarap makamundo kong saan yong marinig nilang masarap doon nanaman sila kong saan yong sikat doon sila
I eat off a paper plate with a titanium spork.
I have watched this in e right tym of me planning to start up a restaurant thnx for sharing
What if I'm just eating bread straight from the bag...?
The Indian wisdom says that you have to eat with your fingers to feel what you are putting in your mouth
I feel so fancy!
would the left handed people or vice versa have to have each their own hand set up. so with this set up you would change the utensils for each person if they are left or right handed - would that work, or do they just change it themselves
I actually said the exact same thing in reply to another comment on this video but my father is left-handed and he holds his cutlery the same way round as most right-handed people. Other left-handed people probably don't, though.
these comments really be old
Most Asians use spoon and fork for the rice. The table set up does not apply well for rice eaters.
Thank gosh they aren't doing etiquette of other cultures. That'd last a year!
I eat my salad last, so would I place my salad fork and knife on the inside?
This was very informative and interesting thank you.
I waas studying about the economy of Argentina, how did i ended here?
Salad knife?... Wtf
That might be... a lot of their audience will not be brain surgeons, dancers, rocket scientists, evolutionary biologists, linguists, photographers, musicians, business owners, politicians and a lot of other things covered by the different corners of TED... it would help these people to learn enough etiquette, not to behave like 5-year-olds whenever they click on a topic that happens not to cover their specific needs and desires.
:) It wasn't really you, as much as it was the many many people that had the same response as you. If more used the simple act of listening and thinking they would realize that this is not about a lot of equipment - it is about a knife, a fork, a plate and a glass - the normal tools used for eating... and if a lot of extra food is served, how the extra tools could be arranged when arranged properly.
In your car?? Well than the lack of eating culture in America was worse than I thought. I'm from europe and for us it's still normal to sit down with your family for every meal. Only lunch is sometimes on the go. So it doesn't really have to with modern age or anything. And yeah like you said in Japan it's even still more so where they even still wait for everyone to finish before leaving the table. Add to that that eating with chopsticks makes eating so much slower! xD
I was hoping this was going to be an explanation of how this crazy complicated table setting etiquette evolved. Give us some history, ya know?
Plus, what right handed person eats from a fork with their left hand? The only time I've ever eaten with my left hand was when my right wrist was shattered & I about put my eye out. I know the video maker didn't make that silly rule but it's still silly.
I don't think handedness has much to do with what hand you use utensils in. It seems to just be taught. Apparently you are supposed to use forks with your off hand and I had no clue (I use my main hand). All this stuff in this video about which hand to use seems random.
Hi, very interesting, but sorry to say the soup spoon, is a dessert spoon !!
cleaning all this silverware and stuff should be banned due to ecological reasons. Why waste so much water and
n use soap for being just fancy? one fork one knife, use you napkin between courses to clean them.
when i set the table i have to pretend i'm cutting something to know what sides the knife and fork go on
I am sorry but a lot of this is incorrect.
I was kidding. A person hardly seems a hog simply because they don't use all of this equipment for the simple act of eating. I'm sorry if I've rubbed you the wrong way, it was all in good fun.
This video would probably be better if it was more in-depth about the history and evolution of the traditions. Or at least cover different cultures if it's just going to be a short overview.
Why so many dislikes? The top comment is "first world problems"? This is whats wrong with my generation, there is nothing wrong with good manners. Somehow this simple helpful information is below you?
watched this before i set the table in lunch
As a left-handed person I hate this and I have to rearrange whole thing the moment I sit. Imagine drinking water with left hand and then putting it on the right side. Idiocy!
This is just dumb. Apparently the only alternative to following a bunch of arbitrary rules is to throw all the silver ware on the plate. Holy false dichotomy Batman!
I know its a joke but I was arguing with my stupid brother for about ten minutes because he thought it was serious so I posted the comment he wanted just to shut him up.
This is helpful, thankyou. But that is not a soup spoon; it is a dessert spoon. And that prompts the question, where does your dessert spoon (and fork) go? - Mr Niggley
Proper etiquette for the future - send the extra utensils and food you don't need to starving children, and spend time thinking about how to actually contribute to humanity.
Europeans usually keep the knife in their right hand and the fork in their left hand.
I guess I'm a complete barbarian but I have no respect for this shit. I just eat. Why add structure to something that's so easy to do? It looks like severe OCD.
i like the video. but it really based on the cultural. Asia, we use also chopstick or hand or maybe just spoon and fork... here some suggestion: You could add on the title like "European style"
How is this relevant to education? I always believed TED Ed was here to educate and inspire a young generation, not to spread elitary crap like this.
Etiquette and the study of social interactions during mealtime can actually be very very interesting material
Ted usually covers very pressing intellectual issues. Although this may appear to be very fancy, it is actually quite barbaric and pointless.
I love the intro so much better then the new ones
i wouldnt even say it was a problem. its just posh people have nothing to worry about so they make things up such as cutlery arrangements
i remember where to put the fork becuase of spongebob... when he has to forget everything that doesn't has to do with food and stuff ;) lol
I'm actually right-handed and use a knife with my left hand. Is that weird? I just put everything on the right when I'm at home.
Man logic say 1 fork, 1 knife, 1 spoon, 1 plate, 1 glass.
Woman logic says 2 forks, 3 knives, 2 spoons, 2 plates, 2 glasses.