Table_Manners

Red Yeast Rice
Heart-Healthy Benefits: • lowers levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) • Increases levels of HDL (good cholesterol) • Lowers levels of triglycerides 甘油三 酸酯
Table manners
Unfold the napkin and lay it on your lap
We should keep the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand
How to place the fork and knife on the plate after having the dinner?
2 What may lead to a bad impression on your date?
3 When should you tell your date what to wear?
4 Why should we eat with a moderate speed?
5 What is the good way to measure how fast we should eat?
•never force you to eat more. •If you stop eating, they tend to think you are full.
Treatment
In china eat more In English help yourself
Avoid misunderstanding
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Diet and Culture
Asian Diets
Juliana Yee
This is the U.S. Food Guide Pyramid developed by the USDA.
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Don’t speak when you have food in your mouth.
Do not speak with your mouth full of food
Don’t fetch food from other people’s plate.
Is this polite?
Do not cross your legs, lean back on your chair and shake your feet
dinner fork, salad plate, plate, dinner knife
FORMAL Table Setting
The Formal Dinner Table Setting
Western Table Manners
Food is passed around the table If something is out of your reach, you
From 1066 AD: Norman Conquest
The Norman conquest of England was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066
Especially note differences such as the placement of Meat on the pyramid, as well as Fats, Oils and Sweets.
Rice, Noodles, Bread, Millet, Corn and other Whole Grains
9 where should you put the napkin when you have to get up?
10 What should you do if your teeth is stuck by food?
11 What kind of questions can you ask to show your interest during dinner?
• The animals and their meat are used different words .
the words of the meat from animals originally come from French and they are used by upper class.
6 What kind of behavior is considered as bad dinning etiquette?
7 Can you talk when chewing the food at the same time?
8 where should you put the napkin?
Rice provides 25 to 80 percent of calories in the daily diet of 2.7 billion Asians
The percentage of starch component amylase preferred by Japan, Korea, and China: 10-18%
Research shows:
Treatment
In china eat more
In English
•cook more food than guests eat •add more and more food in your dishchina
In English help yourself
12 What should you do if your date needs something?
The Chinese food not only is very delicious and tasty but also very pleasing to your senses and many of dishes have very beautiful and fancy names .
2. 43 AD: invaded by Roman Empire for nearly 400 years over England and Wales
3. 500 AD: invaded by Germanic peoples: the Anglos and the Saxon (A legend figure: King Arthur)
Don’t put your feet on the table.
Some Tips At Dinner
Is there anything else that you should pay attention to at western dinner table?
-Chew and swallow all the food in your mouth before taking more or taking a drink. -Finish eating everything on your plate .
ask politely for someone to pass it to you Not rude to leave plate full Not rude to leave your plate empty Not rude to take last item off dish
1 What should you do if the restaurant you choose is a fancy and popular one?
people pay more attention to the nutrition of food rather than the looks of it
•In china, we eat everything and everything can be eatable in Chinese food .
-Speak quietly and smile a lot .
-Don’t blow on hot food or drink. -Don’t smoke any cigarettes during a dinner.
-Don’t chew with your mouth open.
-Don’t mash or mix food on your plate.
Fruits, Legumes and Vegetables
The main sources of protein in the traditional Asian diet
Also contribute to fiber, vitamins and minerals Legumes offer a variety of beneficial
isoflavones 大豆异黄酮 (primarily found in soybeans) which promote bone health and reduces risk of both cardiovascular 心血管的 disease and some forms of cancer.
The conquest linked England more closely with Continental Europe. The success of the conquest created one of the most powerful monarchies in Europe, created the most sophisticated governmental system (feudalism) in Europe, changed the English language and culture.
-Don’t sip from a coffee spoon or tea spoon.
INFORMAL Table Setting
(below the plate. left to right): bread & butter plate, butter knife, wine/water
glass. (plate row. left to right): napkin, salad fork,
• The animals and their meat are used different words .
Pig Pork
Sheep
Mutton
Cattle beef
A History of Invasions
1. Before 1st AD: tribal kingdoms of Celtic people, a powerful culture originating in central Europe
Chinese Cuisine
狮子头 Lion‘s Head 口水鸡 Slobbering Chicken 回锅肉 Twice-cooked Pork 蚂蚁上树 Ants Climbing the Tree
狗不理包子 Goubuli Baozi 鱼香肉丝 shredded pork in garlic sauce 糖醋肉 sweet and sour chicken/pork
some foreigners learn to know they always leave some food in their bowls or dishes in order to avoid more food to be added when are invited to dinner in Chinese family.