American table manners 1. When many people eat, the habit of westerners is to pass the plates of food on the table in turn and take them into their own plates with hairpins or spoons. 2. When dining in the United States, if the table is rectangular, one end of the table facing the door is the host's seat and the other end is the hostess's seat. You should sit down after the host and hostess are seated. 3. In case of sneezing or coughing during meals, cover your mouth and nose with a napkin and turn around without affecting others; If you want to answer or speak and you don't have enough food in your mouth, you need to swallow it before you open your mouth; If you want to go to the toilet, don't say "I want to toilet / washroom", just say "excuse me". 4. When drinking soup, extend the spoon from the side of the inner wall of the soup bowl close to your body to the opposite side, and then scoop up the soup and send it to the inlet. 5. When dining with others, if you are willing to be a host, you should inform others in advance, because Westerners are used to AA system, you must not rush to pay, otherwise it will make people laugh. In addition, Westerners do not have the gratitude of "receiving a promotion and returning a fight". If you invite foreigners to dinner, don't expect them to invite you back. 6. Before dinner, if the knife hairpin is suspended, it should be placed with the knife edge inward and the hairpin back upward to show that it still needs to be used, otherwise others or waiters will mistakenly believe that you have finished eating and take away your tableware. 7. When you leave the table after dinner, you should return the seat to its original position. British table manners British banquets are mainly tea parties and banquets. Major banquets are generally held at dinner. Don't bring expensive gifts when invited. High grade chocolate, flowers and wine are good choices. In addition, art crafts with national characteristics are deeply loved by the British people. A cheap Chinese knot may make them very happy. In addition, it should be noted that the British taboo to send lilies. White lilies represent death in the UK, so they should not be sent. When eating, fold the napkin in half and gently put it on your lap. Don't fiddle with the tableware on the table. Sit straight, your back can't lean against the chair, and your elbows can't be put on the table. When eating, take the knife and fork from the outside to the inside, hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand. When cutting, press the food with a fork, cut it with a knife in your right hand, and then fork the food into the entrance. Try to avoid the impact of knives, forks and tableware. The formal order of serving a full set of Western food is: appetizer and soup, fish, fruit, meat, cheese, dessert and coffee, fruit, as well as appetizer and wine. The main dishes of Western food are mostly meat and poultry dishes, and the representative dishes of meat are mainly beef and steak. Pay attention to the cutting method when eating steak. When cutting steak, fix the steak with a fork, cut it from one side of the steak, and dip it in sauce with a fork when eating. Steak should be cut while eating. Don't cut all the steak into small pieces at one time. In addition to not conforming to etiquette, this practice will cause the loss of gravy and heat dissipation too fast, affecting the taste of steak.