I was so bad at keeping on top of washing my dishes in Uni that I absolutely decided to have exactly 1 plate, cup, mug,and each cutlery. Can’t have more dirty dishes than you have dishes.
Been travelling in an RV for a while now. Family of 3. Have 3 forks, 2 knives (because adults cut the kid’s food) and 4 plates since you need somewhere to put food off the BBQ that isn’t someone’s plate. It’s glorious. So easy to clean up.
This is the way. Friends think I really like this one bowl. Truth is I like an empty sink, so I force myself to wash it by only owning one bowl.
I just recently got rid of 90% of my silverware and over half my plates and bowls for this very reason
I’ve got 2 of everything just in case. Dirty dishes can’t pile up if they don’t exist.
I was given so much stuff when I bought my house. My one aunt had a shopping addiction and just gave me all of the kitchen shit. I live alon and my house is too small and laid out too weird for me to comfortably have guests. Idk what to do with everything, so it just stays in a cabinet. I don’t want to throw it out because it’s nice, but I have no use for it
If you can’t sell it you might be able to donate it to a thrift store.
Also to support any surprise guests!
You underestimate some of us
You underestimate yourself. You’ll get this.
I have a giant stack of plates. So they can go into the dish washer after I use them. Same thing with boxer shorts and the laundry.
One to many spoons but perfect otherwise.
yeah, the legt space should be replaced with a sharp knife for vegetables
They probably have a knife block with a single knife as well
The large one is for scooping ice cream into the bowl. The little one is for eating it.
What, you never have yogurt or tea with your morning oatmeal? Or are you a heathen that uses the same spoon for both?
I would probably get rid of everything but the fork and try to disprove that old you can’t eat soup with a fork joke.
One of my kids eats noodles w/ a spoon. Everything is possible.
Nooo, one is a teaspoon and the other a tablespoon! It’s for measuring!
Knife should be on the left and the spoons on the right. Fite me.
I don’t know how it applies to cutlery drawers, but my parents taught me that when setting the table, the silverware should be in alphabetical order.
Ewwww arbitrary!
Not to say etiquette isn’t arbitrary, but the two top results (all I bothered to check) for my search about silverware placement suggests that the “correct” order is fork on the left, knife first on the right, then spoon furthest right. This is, indeed, alphabetical order.
So while it may be arbitrary, it isn’t arbitrary on an individual level.
Alphabetical order based on what language? Assuming English, since your comment is in English, but I’m curious if the rule would “translate” to other languages.
Indeed. Though my mother was quadrilingual and attempted to help me be at least bilingual, the only language in which I know more than a few words - written or spoken - is American English. As such, I’m not qualified to answer how diverse this system is, though I would be interested in hearing from someone who is.
Changing language can’t change what’s right. I think I win this one.
Fork, knife, spoon, teaspoon
Well in fancy restaurants, which should be the example we all follow because of how much better than us they are, the knife is always pointed in towards the plate and closest to the plate. This reduces odds of getting cut accidentally. Otherwise the silverware should be arranged from the outside to the inside in order that they’re meant to be used for each course because trying to truck your guests is a signal that you want to embarrass them with knowledge they aren’t generally expected to actually have. Spoons and forks should be grouped.
I’ve always done it (big) spoon, fork, knife, then teaspoons in a smaller tray underneath the main 3. But I moved forks to the left and spoons to the right and now I’m always getting confused and it doesn’t feel right, even 3 months later
If I ever put my phone in my left pocket, I will lose my mind looking for it.
You think I’m worried about fighting someone that has to reach over the gentry silverware to grab the knife?
This is a valid argument and I’d hoped nobody would mention it. 😡
What if they are a lefty?
Even match, The winner goes to the defender assuming lair advantage.
I see, but my butler grants advantage on all reactions within a 5ft radius when performing the “Set Table Feat”, I know that applies to cordially invited enemies as well but the de-buff technically only says “applies to enemies” so I think that means he gets to roll a flat 20 but I will need a ruling from the DM.
The fight would have been mine if it wasn’t for the meddling buttler, you only had one knife to steal.
No, No, No, it says right here you may use the Fork as an improvised weapon without your Dexterity modifier with disadvantage.
It wouldn’t be in character. I already went for the knife. Don’t want to meta game.
My fork is pointier than the butter knives! I’ll stab you!
See, if I had that guys place you would find these 4 utensils in the sink because I’m a monster
Dude clearly not a big fan of steak.
Maybe it’s in their knife block.
I’m picturing a knife block that only has one slot for a single knife.
Or maybe they wear it on their belt, like this:
I have one fork and nothing else lol.
Not a fan of soup or cereal?
Serial killer vibe intensifies.
dont worry id only ever serialkill ceos. its the new cool
I did this once, it was bliss.
Seems inefficient having to wash everything every time? Not sure. But it would irritate me to have to do that rather than doing more, once, at the end of the day.
I just rinse them and use a bit of hand soap, so it takes like ten seconds. Personally, I usually prefer that over spending an extended period of time washing the dishes, because my neck starts to hurt, since I’m too tall for the kitchen sink.
To each their own.
My other half has to do every dish even if we don’t need to, I fo everything when there’s enough for a full load in the washer. She’s happy to have nothing needing to do, I’m happy to have the satisfaction of the efficiency of doing the most work in the shortest time.
We’re all different.
Replace the fork and spoon with a spork.
Fewer utensils to clean!
I doubt that people use both at the same time so each time you only clean one of them anyway
This is me. It’s perfectly fine until something, somehow, goes missing.
Excuse me, it goes: Fork->Knife->Spoon->tea spoon.
I don’t know what this is but it’s certainly not in keeping with the lord’s way.
Personally, I prefer dessert spoon, fork, knife, then tea spoon.
Finnish mnemonic: Haaveilu. Haarukka=fork, veitsi=knife, lusikka=spoon.
Haaveilu=daydreaming, reverie
Right chopstick -> left chopstick -> porcelain soup spoon -> packets of unused plastic foldable forks that came with the instant noodles
Do chopsticks have an orientation?
Yeah just like Twix.
does the left chopstick also taste better?
Yes, but their orientation is none of your business.
God, I love Asian soup apoons!
Me too, the shape is just so perfect for so many things. I bought some recently at the Vietnamese market nearby. They have fancy little roses surrounded by a filigree pattern printed on them and say “English” on the handle in some Victorian-looking cursive font lmao. I love them.
What the actual fuck!? The knives always go on the outside, far left or far right.
That’s more than enough. I’ve survived for long with just a knife and a fork. A good knife works as a second fork.
I have 4 of each just in case I don’t feel like doing the dishes today
The pictured method forces disipline. Honestly a tub of alcohol wipes in the kitchen and a quick wipe down with one of those works pretty well for cutlery
Don’t most sets come with 4?
premature optimisation
It happens sometimes.
