В Англии в приличном обществе считается дурным тоном есть рыбу ножом, вместо этого используют две вилки. С другой стороны, я подозреваю, что в английском высшем обществе не едят гефилте фиш.
Насколько мне известно, если рыба подана в виде закуски, то используется полукруглый маленький, если в виде основного блюда, то длинный, в любом случае - с круглым кончиком... Если рыба подана в виде нарезанных ломтиков, можно пользоваться только закусочной вилкой.
Что я тебе могу сказать? Вот такие мы, аристократы, загадочные ;) There was even a joke about some British lord getting attacked by a shark and refusing to fight it off with a knife, because "Fish? With a knife? Never!"
It's just something I always knew but here is what Google brought: It’s a mystery why fish knives are common. One legend says that fish turned steel black (before it was stainless), so people ate fish with two silver forks (because all their forks were silver). People who bought special silver fish knives were looked down on, which is odd because they were just being practical. Perhaps it branded them as arrivistes who were buying their first set of silver cutlery? This was circa 1820, by the way.
From http://classsystem.blogspot.com/2010/12/phone-for-fish-knives-norman.html
British society is extremely stratified and each class has its own peculiarities that you have to have grown with to be able to avoid gaffes. So, when in doubt, skip a course :)
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Date: 2013-03-25 03:31 am (UTC)Ну да, но почему и зачем они придеживаются этой странной традиции?
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Date: 2013-03-25 05:26 pm (UTC)Насколько мне известно, если рыба подана в виде закуски, то используется полукруглый маленький, если в виде основного блюда, то длинный, в любом случае - с круглым кончиком... Если рыба подана в виде нарезанных ломтиков, можно пользоваться только закусочной вилкой.
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Date: 2013-03-25 05:51 pm (UTC)It’s a mystery why fish knives are common. One legend says that fish turned steel black (before it was stainless), so people ate fish with two silver forks (because all their forks were silver). People who bought special silver fish knives were looked down on, which is odd because they were just being practical. Perhaps it branded them as arrivistes who were buying their first set of silver cutlery? This was circa 1820, by the way.
From http://classsystem.blogspot.com/2010/12/phone-for-fish-knives-norman.html
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