Sunday dinner, Which Fork?

 Picture of the day

 

 If you set at one of NanaDiana's tables you will know what a real layout is!!!!!

BUT for now:

I read the following just a few minutes ago. It was the report of a royal dinner. Friend Victor will recognize this meal.  He and his wife probably enjoy this twice a week.

According to the BBC, the menu included three courses, which were: Hampshire watercress panna cotta with parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad, organic Norfolk chicken ballotine in zucchini with a thyme and savory infused jus, and vanilla ice cream bombe with Kentish raspberry sorbet interior with lightly poached Victoria plums..

(I read that to Sherry and she asked, “WHAT? NO Chocolate?”)  LOL

(I am getting pictures late, my thoughts are backwards, this gets complicated!! LOL)

I do not know ‘protocol’ for dining, other than my mama said: Keep your elbows off the table and do not chew with your mouth open!  But then she also said At BATH TIME, “JACKIE! Just look behind your ears!”  I didn’t understand how I could do that either.

Growing up our table was normally set, I do not remember cloth napkins, but for sure we had only one fork. I cannot remember when, nor where I saw my first ‘proper’ full layout of silverware.  Of course I am not sure I have ever eaten with ‘real’ silverware. Our family always had stainless steel, but we still called it silverware.

I remember hearing concerning utensils, watch the host and do what he or she does. (Friend Dallas is left handed. He told me the USMC would not allow him to shoot left handed in boot camp.  I wonder if the silverware layout is confusing to lefties?  I will ask Dallas while we are here in PA.) But probably Dallas doesn’t know which fork to use either, unless Marian tells him!

My Sweetheart has real silver. It was just seen while we were packing to move. WE cannot remember using it, it is still wrapped in the ‘silverware box’.  She said ‘I thought a young girl was supposed to have a silver set, I was working, so I bought it, BUT I learned I one thing, I was not going to polish silver.’

Life is different for everyone. Not everyone is taught manners or protocol.  We notice while RV’ing; it seems many people do not know which side of the road to walk on, i,e, the rule ‘Always walk facing traffic!’ That is much safer for the pedestrian.  And there Is an ‘eternal rule’ concerning camping, “NEVER WALK THRU ANOTHER’S CAMPSITE!”  We see that violated many times.

Take care, be safe, and walk on the side of the road facing traffic!!!

Nite Shipslog

PS. 

I have heard rules are made to be broken, not sure what that actually means. LOL  When Susan commented.. 'when our wringer washer broke, I went to a laundromat.'...I had to think, I bet every little boy had to get his fingers caught in those wringers, I sure did, not sure of girls.  LOL   Heading to church to meet Dal and Marian here in Lancaster...