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Dining at a table is almost obsolete now with all the different schedules and the advent of all the TV watching and computer things that go on. However, every lady should be able to set a table for that special time (dinner for two, candlelight) and everyone in her household needs to be familiar with the setting because EVERYONE has banquets in their life to go to and needs to know where things are on the table.
- The dinner plate is placed in the middle of each person's space (cover), 1" from the edge of the table. A "charger" is a plate larger than the dinner plate and is for decoration only. It can be placed on the table then replaced by the plate for dinner or it can be under the plate for decoration during meal.
- Silverware is placed on table - forks to the left of plate, knives and spoons to the right - lined up with the bottom edge of the dinner plate. They are placed in order of use - outside to inside - on each side of plate. (i.e., salad fork is the first outside fork, dinner fork is next coming in toward the plate) Knife blade is placed with blade facing under edge of plate.
- Napkin can be placed in center of plate, decoratively folded and placed in glass or center of plate, or can be folded and placed to the left of the forks.
- Glasses are placed above the knives and spoons (in a pyramid shape if more than one) with the water glass above the tip of the knife. If using only one glass at the meal (i.e., tea glass) this replaces the water glass at the tip of the knife.
- Bread and butter plate with butter knife (if using) are placed at the top of the forks. Butter knife is placed at the top of the plate horizontally.
- Dessert fork is placed above plate in middle, tines pointing toward glasses, and dessert spoon is placed above fork facing opposite direction.
©2006 Jan Allison
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