begin putting food on your plate from the serving bowls or plates when they are passed to you. Use the utensil in the bowl (usually a large spoon or fork ) instead of your own.
begin eating only when the host and hostess have vegun eating, not before. This is usually when all the pwople at the table have put their food on their plates.
Try not to spit anywhere. If there are bones in your mouth, take them out with your fingers. Put the bones on the edge of plate, not on the table. Then wipe your hands with your napkin.
If soup is served, use a spoon to eat it . Lift up the edge of the bowl closest to you in order to spoon up all the soup.
If there is some food that is not near, you don't reach for it . Ask someone to pass it to you, say, "Please pass the potatoes."
Try not to belch out loud. If you sneeze or blow your nose (into your handkerchief), say "Excuse me."