Hot dishes, such as omelettes, pancakes, casseroles, etc., are eaten with a dessert fork, holding it in your right hand.
Fruit dumplings with a knife and fork, porridge with a dessert spoon.
Cakes, pastries and other pastries are eaten with a fork for cakes, holding it in his right hand. For puddings, creams and jellies, coffee spoons are served on the table.
Pies, buns with cream or jam are eaten, holding them in hand.
In some countries, such as France, famous for its cuisine, cheese and fruit are usually served instead of sweets for dessert. Hard cheese is cut with a knife and eaten with a dessert fork. Soft cheeses, such as cream cheese, are spread with a knife on bread and butter.
Cheese served with syrup, fruit or yogurt is eaten with a coffee spoon.
It is customary to eat fruits with the appliance, fruits with small bones are eaten by hand. Bones or grains do not spit out directly on the plate, but put on it with a fork or spoon. Apples and pears are cut with a knife into two or four parts, peeled and removed the core. Then they are eaten by hand or by the appliance. Peaches and apricots are also eaten; you should not bite off the whole fruit. Bananas can be eaten with a knife and fork, but usually they are eaten, held in hand and peeled.
Garden and wild berries are eaten with a spoon. Oranges are taken in the left hand and cut along the peel to the pulp. Then it is cleaned and divided into slices, which they eat with their hands. Currants and grapes from a bunch are torn off with fingers, all fresh fruits must be thoroughly washed before serving.
After lunch, it is advisable to offer and serve good, strong coffee. It should be remembered that a spoon of coffee is only stirred, after which it is immediately placed on a saucer. Do not leave a spoon in a cup. Sugar cube sugar is taken with special tweezers.