This document provides guidance on proper table manners. It lists 11 rules for etiquette at the table, including sitting up straight, not reaching across the table, eating at an appropriate pace, taking small portions of food offered, and indicating when finished by placing cutlery together rather than in a crossed position. Politely refusing or accepting dishes when offered is also addressed.
2. Pronunciation DrillPronunciation Drill
Do you want chicken?Do you want chicken?
Do you want fish?Do you want fish?
Do you want an omelette on a dish?Do you want an omelette on a dish?
Please and thank you we can sayPlease and thank you we can say
When we want our food today.When we want our food today.
Do you want chips?Do you want chips?
Do you want rice?Do you want rice?
Do you want cutlets?Do you want cutlets?
I think they’re nice.I think they’re nice.
Do you want spaghetti?Do you want spaghetti?
Do you want beans?Do you want beans?
Do you want pizza?Do you want pizza?
Say please, yes please.Say please, yes please.
3. A typical menuA typical menu
StartersStarters
Prawn cocktailPrawn cocktail
Chilled melonChilled melon
Garlic mushroomsGarlic mushrooms
Main courseMain course
Cod in cheese sauceCod in cheese sauce
Pork ribsPork ribs
Lamb chopsLamb chops
Served with rice, potatoes, vegetablesServed with rice, potatoes, vegetables
DessertsDesserts
Chocolate cakeChocolate cake
Ice creamIce cream
Apple pieApple pie
Tea, coffeeTea, coffee
4. Sort these dishes out under theSort these dishes out under the
headingsheadings
Starters, main course, dessert.Starters, main course, dessert.
Grilled chicken, pate and toast,Grilled chicken, pate and toast,
grilled salmon, coffee,grilled salmon, coffee,
prawn cocktail, bread and butter,prawn cocktail, bread and butter,
shrimps in garlic, fresh fruit salad,shrimps in garlic, fresh fruit salad,
steak, chocolate cake, cutlet,steak, chocolate cake, cutlet,
vegetable soupvegetable soup
5. Flavours and tastesFlavours and tastes
1. Indian curry1. Indian curry
2. pizza2. pizza
3. sea water3. sea water
4. an unripe apple4. an unripe apple
5. a cup of tea with five spoons of sugar5. a cup of tea with five spoons of sugar
6. strong black coffee with no sugar6. strong black coffee with no sugar
7. factory – made white bread7. factory – made white bread
8. The history of cheesecake
Cheesecake is believed to have
originated in ancient Greece.
Historians believe that cheesecake
was served to the athletes during
the first Olympic Games held in 776
B.C. However, cheese making can be
traced back as far as 2,000 B.C.
The Romans spread cheesecake from
Greece to across Europe. Centuries
later cheesecake appeared in
America, the recipes brought over by
immigrants.
9. Cheesecake recipe
300 g butter biscuits, finely crumbled
110 g melted butter
600 g cream cheese
520 g any low-fat, soft white cheese
300 g sugar
1 tbsp vanilla essence
6 eggs
400 g sour cream
10. Today’s Cheesecake
o Although the original cheesecake recipe came
from Greece, it quickly adapted several culinary
styles and variations during its journey to other
territories.
o The basic ingredients, namely the cheese, flour
and sweetener, are still present but the
contemporary cheesecake bear little resemblance
to the cheesecake of Ancient Greece.
13. History of the sandwich
1st Century B.C. - The
first recorded sandwich
was by the famous rabbi,
Hillel the Elder, who
lived during the 1st
century B.C. He started
the custom of
sandwiching a mixture of
chopped nuts, apples,
spices, and wine between
14. 6th to 16th Century
Meats and other foods were
piled on top of the bread to be
eaten with their fingers and
sometimes with the aid of
knives. The trenchers, thick
and stale, absorbed the juice,
the grease, and the sauces. At
the end of the meal, if hunger
had been satisfied, tossed the
gravy-soaked bread to their
dogs or given as alms to less
fortunate or poor human. Alms
were clothing, food, or money
that is given to poor people.
In the past, people thought it
was their religious duty to
give alms to the poor.
Trenchers were clearly the
forerunner of our open-face
sandwiches.
15. The first written usage of the English word
appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal, in
longhand, referring to "bits of cold meat"
as a 'Sandwich'. It was named after John
Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-
century English aristocrat. Montague was a
hardened gambler and usually gambled for
hours at a time at this restaurant,
sometimes refusing to get up even for
meals. It is said that he ordered his valet to
bring him meat tucked between two pieces
of bread, and because Montagu also
happened to be the Fourth Earl of
Sandwich, others began to order "the same
as Sandwich!" It is said that Lord
Sandwich was fond of this form of food
because it allowed him to continue playing
cards, particularly cribbage, while eating
without getting his cards greasy from
eating meat with his bare hands.
16. 1900’s
The sandwich became very popular in
the American diet when bakeries
started selling pre-sliced bread, thus
making sandwiches very easy to
create. Sandwiches became an easy,
portable meal for workers and school
children alike.
18. In the
morning an
Englishman
has his
favourite
breakfast of
cornflakes
with milk and
sugar or
porridge
followed by
fried bacon
and eggs.
19. Some marmalade might
be spread on the toast
and butter. Perhaps some fruit will
also be eaten.
20. For a change one can have cold ham, or
perhaps fish, some coffee and a roll.
21. The ABC of Table MannersThe ABC of Table Manners
1. Do not attract unnecessary attention to yourself1. Do not attract unnecessary attention to yourself
in public.in public.
2. When eating take as much as you want, but eat as2. When eating take as much as you want, but eat as
much as you take.much as you take.
3. Do not eat too fast or too slowly, cut as you eat.3. Do not eat too fast or too slowly, cut as you eat.
4. Take a little of every dish that is offered to you.4. Take a little of every dish that is offered to you.
5. Sit up straight and face the table, do not put your5. Sit up straight and face the table, do not put your
elbows on the table while eating.elbows on the table while eating.
6. Do not reach across the table — simply say:6. Do not reach across the table — simply say:
“Would you please pass the pepper”, etc.“Would you please pass the pepper”, etc.
22. 77.. At a small party do not start eating until all areAt a small party do not start eating until all are
served. At a large party it is not necessary toserved. At a large party it is not necessary to
wait for all. The hostess gives a signal to herwait for all. The hostess gives a signal to her
guests by saying: “Start eating, please (your foodguests by saying: “Start eating, please (your food
will get cold)”.will get cold)”.
8. There is no rule about eating everything on your8. There is no rule about eating everything on your
plate. To indicate that you have had enough,plate. To indicate that you have had enough,
place knife and fork together, not criss-cross.place knife and fork together, not criss-cross.
9. When refusing a dish or a helping simply say:9. When refusing a dish or a helping simply say:
“No, thank you”, when accepting“No, thank you”, when accepting
— “Yes, please.”— “Yes, please.”
10. Do not leave the spoon in your cup, when10. Do not leave the spoon in your cup, when
drinking tea or coffee.drinking tea or coffee.
11. Do not empty your glass too quickly — it will11. Do not empty your glass too quickly — it will
be promptly refilled.be promptly refilled.