mealtime customs
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Mealtime Customs
Family Meals Eating together is
important to a family’s social health
How many of you eat meals together as a family?
To help make the most of family meals, it is important to keep a positive mealtime
atmosphere and pay attention to the table’s appearance.
Mealtime Atmosphere
Sierra’s family keeps the TV on during dinner. Dinner at Mark’s house often
erupts into complaints and accusations involving Mark, his sister, and their
parents.
What is wrong with these scenarios? How can they be improved?
An upbeat atmosphere can be as essential to your family’s health as
nutritious food
What are some interesting topics that
you have or can discuss with your family?
People who read or watch television as they eat pay little attention to what and how much they eat
Setting the Table
How the table looks at mealtime can be as significant as how the people around it behave
Table settings include the following:
Tableware- includes any items used for serving and
eating food
Place setting- the pieces of tableware used by one person to eat a
meal
Serving pieces- platters, large bowls, and other tableware used for
serving food
Cover- the arrangement of a place setting for one
person
Table-Setting BasicsThe cover is usually on the table before people sit down to eat.
The plate goes in the center of the cover, about 1 inch from
the edge of the table
Arrange flatware in the order in which it is used, starting at
the outside and working in toward the center
Forks go on the left of the plate, knives to the right
Place spoons to the right of the knives
If you have a soup spoon and a teaspoon, you would use the soup spoon first so place the
soup spoon to the right of the teaspoon
Place a beverage glass just above the
tip of the dinner knife
The cup and saucer or mug go to the right of the spoon
The napkin is usually placed to the left of the fork
Settings for Family Meals
Most families choose simple table settings for everyday meals
For most meals, you need at least a dinner plate, fork, knife, teaspoon, and beverage
glassServing Family Meals
There are two common styles of serving food, they are family service and plate service
Family Service
The cover is set with the necessary tableware
The food is placed in serving dishes and passed around the table with
people helping themselves
The main advantage of family service is that people can serve themselves
the amount they want
Disadvantages include
Hot dishes left on the table may cool to room temperature allowing bacteria to
form
Difficult to practice portion control which
leads to overeating
Excess food left on a plate must be thrown away which wastes both food and money
Plate Service
Plate service is generally used for family meals and in restaurants
Food is placed on the plates directly from the
containers in which it was cooked and the plates are then brought to the table
The only exception is salad
Plate service saves cleanup time more than
family service does
General Guidelines
Place breads and rolls on a plate or in a basket and pass it around the table
If a basket it used, line it with a napkin
Serve salads either in individual bowls at each place setting or in a serving bowl that is to be passed around
the table
Salad dressing should be served separately so that people can use the amount that
they want
Serve dessert after the dinner plates, salad
bowls, and serving dishes have been cleared from the table
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