Cultural Lessons: Eating

At dinner today we tried to teach Joshua how to use a knife and fork in the British way.  He learned quite well.  Again, it is one of those things that will probably mark our kids out as different.  Most of the time they still use their fingers to eat.  Filipinos only use spoon and fork to eat - so most of us do, too.  Americans only use their forks unless it's really necessary to use a knife to cut and then it's like a separate tool.  Commonwealthers often stand out when eating in mixed crowds because of their use of the knife and fork but it is not something we have paid much attention to with our children but are now seeing the importance!