In Canada, is it bad manners to use spoon and fork when eating?

Question

In Canada, is it bad manners to use spoon and fork when eating?

Answer 1

Sure is. And we have snow all year round. And we live in igloos. We have no schools.But we got the best beer in the world.

Answer 2

You know, I just moved here two months ago and I have yet to see eating utensils up here...........actually, they don't live in houses either.  Seems they're pretty "pre-historic" north of the 49th!

You dork.

Answer 3

not at all, it's depends on people

Answer 4

It depends.  Having bad manners is not respecting others.  You need to adjust to your surroundings.

Chinese people for example in a chinese restaurant pick up their bowls and scoop food out into their mouths.  This is considered bad manners in a Canadian restaurant.  

In a Canadian restaurant all bowls and plates stay on the table.  Food is brought to the mouth in appropriate sizes to fit a mouth (cut by a knife).  This way food is not dripping or running down the side of a face.

If I saw people doing this in a Canadian restaurant I would be offended because these people are not respecting my views.

If I walked into a room where the population is predominatly Chinese, then I would expect these people to eat according to their culture.  Any expression of disgust on my part would not be respecting their views.  If I am too offended to eat there, I would leave, not them.

If the room is predominantly Canadian, spoons are used for soups, stirring coffee / tea, or young children who have not yet mastered forks and knives.  Forks and knives are the norm.

As an aside, most of our table manners are derived from British traditions.  Some of us still change hands for example after cutting meat so that only the right hand is used to place food into our mouths.  This is slowly coming out of style.

Answer 5

Yes.  Canadians eat everything directly off the knife.

Answer 6

Na! the good manners here in Canada you have to use only your hand Ha, Ha, Ha just joke but if you eat a club sandwich it's a bad manners to use spoon or fork or knife

Answer 7

yes canadiens hate that! just kidding I have no idea. I don't take offence

Answer 8

What???

You cant be serious.  Thats like saying is it bad manners to use a spoon and fork in the U.S.A.  Duh.  They dont do things much differntly than the states at all.  

They are the U.S. whith a better medical plan.  oh and no military.  They dont need one.  Who'd want it.

Answer 9

I suppose this question is in regards to the incident in Montreal when the kid was punished for eating with a fork and spoon, well hey you live here now if you want to eat with a fork and spoon go back......thank you

Answer 10

lol

Answer 11

Plz refer to Torontopartyguy. His seams to be the best response. As for NASCAR Hootie,I mean Hottie, she's never been here so how can she know?

Answer 12

who cares its CANADA!they suck!

Answer 13

eating what? Spaghetti? It would be weird if it was toast but not if it is Vietnamese food... Depends

Answer 14

It should be societies to-do thing to only use real silverware, perhaps people should start saying plastic disposable is not the thing to do. " Can i trade this plastic fork, I only use real silverware"

Answer 15

Absolutely! We don't bother making dishes for anyone to clean, we eat with our hands and drink out of the containers, yes, we share, so we can get sick pretty often. Most of the time, we just put our food right on our tables too, then get our polar bears to l**k it clean afterwards!

Answer 16

No maybe in japan or china

Answer 17

It is acceptable except when eating whale blubber, grilled raccon, Brazed beaver or moose. Those you must eat only with your hands.

Answer 18

In Canada we use knifes and forks but I have seen forks and spoons used in Vietnamese Restaurants. There is an excellent vietnamese restaurant I frequent called 'the green bamboo'. I've seen a lot of people use forks and spoons there and at other vietnamese restaurants. I haven't seen any other cultures do it but I have seen Indians, Tamils and Africans use their hands to eat-particularly roti. As far as manners go-I think it's a cultural thing so it's not bad manners.

Answer 19

eat with wht ur comfi with . dont see fashion while eating

Answer 20

no

Answer 21

were did you hear that they eat the same way we do in the states. visited canada several times and eaten there often its no differnt than usa.