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Mini Manners Manual
Having good manners also means being a
good guest! Here are more tips on how to
be a good guest and a fun person to be
around at parties.
Here’s the link if you’d like to go to the
website source for this manners page:
http://www.rfc791.org/~churl/lit/manner
s.html
Utensils (Silverware):
A salad fork
should be used for your salad, dinner
fork for dinner, and a cold beverage
spoon should be used for cold bever-
ages.
Soup
- Never put the whole spoon in
your mouth and try not to slurp.
Chopsticks
- If you don't know how
to use chopsticks, you should ask for a
fork.
Don't lick your knife
- You should
not lick any of your utensils. This is
especially true with the knife. To clean
your knife, scrape the flat side of the
knife across a tine of your fork, and
repeat for the other side of your knife.
Don't point
- It is never acceptable to
point to anyone or anything using your
utensils. Pointing is rude.
Tipping
- The minimum tip should be
15%.
When cooking
, the stirring spoon
should not be licked and then returned
to the pot. Licking the stirring spoon
may spread germs into the food
through the cook’s saliva.
When dips are served
, “double dip-
ping” (dipping food and then taking a
bite, and then dipping the same food
again into the dip bowl) can also
spread germs to others and should not
be done. Instead, serve yourself a por-
tion of dip on a plate and dip only
from there.
At a gathering
, it is not polite to
make fun of or laugh at another guest.
Whispering about others is also not
polite. Remember to be kind to every-
one!
RSVP
- If you receive an invitation
that gives a phone number or email to
RSVP, always call to say if you are
coming. This helps the host prepare
the right amount of food. If the note
says “Regrets Only”, you do not have
to call if you are attending; only if you
won’t be attending. Be sure to RSVP
before the date requested.
Don’t take
food from someone else’s
plate.
Use tongs
or other serving utensils to
serve yourself food.
If you have an allergy
to certain
foods, let your hostess know before
you attend a gathering. As a hostess, it
is important to tell gests what is on the
menu. Don’t make your guests “guess”
what a certain food is—they could
have allergies to that food and become
sick.
Please Send Your News To:
Dee Yoder
990 Annfield Drive
Mansfield, OH 44903
dyoder005@neo.rr.com
419-589-7382
Christmas will be past by the time the next issue of
Dee’s News
is
published, and a New Year will be dawning. We’ll share news from
the holidays and photos of hunting adventures and Christmas fun!
We’ll report on the Mentoring Conference sponsored by
Mission to
Amish People
, too. Remember, if you have news you’d like to share,
please send it to Dee by December 7th for the January 2012 news-
letter. See you next year!
In the Next Issue
On Monday, September 26th, 2011,
Catherine Arlene Yoder, wife of David
Yoder, passed away after giving birth to
the couple’s baby son, Kevin. She was a
lovely young lady and will be missed very
much by her husband, family, and
friends.
Though David has many friends and
family members surrounding him for
support, let’s remember to pray for this
young man as he grieves for his beloved
wife and learns to be a father, too.
A fund had been established to help Da-
vid plan for his son’s education. If you’d
like to contribute, please mail your gift
to:
David Yoder
304 East Jefferson Street
Bloomfield, Iowa 52537
A Special Prayer Request
(Catherine is the young lady to the far left)
(David and his son, Kevin Jay.)