TV Cooking Competition Judges

[stitch'sgirl]

Has anyone else wondered, or is it only me...
I started noticing this years ago while watching Iron Chef. The judges use their fork, tines down, to hold their food while cutting with a knife. Then they bring their fork (still with the tines down) to their mouth to taste their food. I have always turned my fork over and eaten my food with the tines facing up. I watched Cutthroat Kitchen this weekend and I noticed even Valerie Bertinelli, who I considered more "normal" than a trained chef, also tasted her food tines down. Perhaps I was never taught to hold a fork properly?

 

[gwynne]

What you are describing is a European style of eating.

 

[stitch'sgirl]

What you are describing is a European style of eating.

Ahh, thank you for clearing that up for me!

 

[MIGrandma]

I've also seen the judges eating food off their knives.

 

[tasha99]

I used to eat that way because my mom did (she grew up in Austr

I've also seen the judges eating food off their knives.

What you are describing is a barbarian horde style of eating . . .

 

[MIGrandma]

What you are describing is a barbarian horde style of eating . . .

LOL - yeah, I always shake my head when I see one of the judges (Zacharian, Santos, Sanchez, etc.) doing that. If certain Disers saw other Disers doing that they would be appalled!!

 

[PigletsPal2]

We started holding our knives and forks that way when we lived in Spain, and it's actually much more efficient than switching hands (we don't eat off our knives, though). We also found that it was helpful when DH had a stroke and I had a fall, making our right hands temporarily wobbly. Of course, using a knife in our right hands was problematic...

What I find more disconcerting is seeing people hold their forks like shovels and literally shoveling food into their mouths. I can understand why little kids do it, they aren't fully coordinated, but adults just look like they have no manners. But maybe they have coordination problems, too. But they can hold their silverware any way they like as long as they don't come to a restaurant in tank tops that show hairy armpits (mostly men but occasionally a woman)) or bra-less with everything hanging out. Ugh. Kinda kills the appetite.

Queen Colleen