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It's great while it's still in the tin...:rofl:

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here it is.... Crap Kiwi tinned Spagettie :thumbup::rofl::frown::curse::mad:

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So no sandwiches, crisps, chips, nuts, fruit, biscuits......??


You could get therapy.


Bavarian?? I have some very good knives and forks made in Bavaria you mean they don't use them there?

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Obviously they're for export only. :rofl::rofl:

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that must be why my German MIL gave them to us. Mind you shes not Bavarian. She isnt very polite about Bavarians either. I went there once, Nuremberg, thats Bavaria I think.

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I am an extremely fussy girl. I consider myself - as "a monster" or who came from the Moon. because I've never seen anybody like me or similar.:rofl:

Sandwich -- yeah. hmmm. I tend to use my hands (and I actually use my hands most of the time) but still don't like it....(feeling guilty unless my hands are real clean) If it's possible, I wrap with something - napkin/foil/wrap. One of my Kiwi mates gotta laugh at it when he saw I wrap my sarnie with tissue towel :eek: It was severe when I was younger but now (am 30) I no longer bother.

crisp, chip, biscuit - sure I use hands. but I rarely eat those stuff.

I don't eat much fruits

chips -- I use fork.

when I eat muffin, I wrap with foil (if at home) - cos I need to heat it up in the oven

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At last! I have hidden the fact that I think eating without using a knife and fork is not done,didnt want people to think I was stuck up.Which Im not
of course!

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It is, I used to live there. But they prefer to say it's in Franconia (Franken), they're not mad keen on the rest of Bavaria ;)

Did I miss something - are Bavarians known for not using cutlery? I can't say I noticed that.

The cutlery brand you might mean is WMF from the next state over, Baden Württemburg.

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Oops, I checked the knives they are Solingen, so Westphalia not Bavarian after all. MIL giving me duff information. They dont have a brand name on them. Pretty fancy steak knives with horn handles, vintage.

I am still puzzled about the Bavarians and cutlery! I used them when I was there, I spread the beef dripping with a knife. That was in a fancy restaurant in Nuremberg. Did you like living there??

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fork and knife, evenfor spaghetti. The knife is used to twirl the spaghetti against, and generally to shove it in the direction of the fork.

that said, i'm a righty who eats like a lefty.

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My wife uses a knife and fork for eating doughnuts. As a dutiful, supporting husband, I feel its my responsibility to point out to her she is weird every time she does it.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Did she mean barbarian up-thread?

Solingen make excellent knives :) I loved Nürnberg, am desperate to return to the scene of many of my crimes but it's a pain from here. Loved the food, and ate almost all of it with cutlery - roast goose almost every weekend with potato dumplings, cake every afternoon, the sausage... and omg the beer :eek: Sounds like you got stuck in with the local delicacies too! Did you like the place?

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I loved it, I went to the xmas market too and stayed in Erlangen where I was working. Only went twice though.

could be barbarian. v is next to b on the keyboard.

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I know Erlangen a bit, used to go there to pester the US soldiers to get us cheap fags from the PX :D Was it Siemens you worked for then?

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No, but it was their factory I was working at. A scarily efficient clean factory!

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Oooh, I know your sort.

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What, penniless nicotine addicts? :p

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Danny, you really do sound terribly British, old bean.

:thumbdown:

R.

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I'm intrigued.........why would you need cutlery in a desert? Would this be to shift the sand, spoon by spoon? Does it have to be a particular type of spoon........soup, table, tea, des(s)ert?

And while we're on the subject, how many of you out there don't hold their mug by the handle, but cradle it in your hands? What's the current style? :unsure:

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cradle in hand thats me,have not used a handle in years when drinking from a mug or cup

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:rofl: I dunno about a desert, but I think I need one to dig myself out of this thread....

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Sorry to butt in

I lived in Italy for a while and was told by my friends that spaghetti should be twirled around the fork using no other cutlery the addition of a spoon to help it stay on was for children and old people, knives for spaghetti are used by ignorant foreigners who don't know how to eat properly and tinned spaghetti is children's rubbish

just passing it on ;):rofl:

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One uses a bone china tea cup, preferable decorated with a floral motif. One holds the handle of course and extends one's little finger to counterbalance the weight of the cup.

Ideally the cup design should have some scalloped edge so that it makes the cup trickier for plebeians to drink from, ensuring that they slobber their tea thus confirming their place in society.

One should also use fish knives, pastry forks, sauce spoons and the like to reassure oneself that one has evolved.

:sneaky:

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..........so it WAS you lurking in the dark corner of my dining room! :blink:

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OR you can have tea in a mug, with about 12 sugars. The mug should preferably have a lewd slogan and oily fingerprints on it. British diversity, gotta love it!

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It was, may I say that the victoria sponge was delightful, but you left the crusts on the cucumber sandwiches.

PS I left the tea bag behind the china cabinet.:sneaky:

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If you use a cup and saucer you can pour the hot tea into the saucer to cool it down quicker.

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Err, well that's probably because I am old chap. 34yrs of eating with a knife & fork is a hard habit to break you know.

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Oooh, classy! :thumbsup:

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Yes, I know....the cleaning lady found it; I've had the footman post it back to you. The cook has been sacked for her lapse with the crusts. ;)

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I bet you also steadfastly refuse to say "eh", innit ?

;)


Don't sweat it, the souvenir Engurland soccer shirt is in the post fella.

R.

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Good show, one has to keep the lower orders in their place.