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be served on new plates.
Wine will be served with the i rst course. Once everyone
is served, the host may offer a toast to the guests or just
a “
Salut!
”. Don't start drinking before that. There will
probably be several different wines, one for each course
but the salad. The one unbending rule here is: don't drink
too much!
Try eating with your knife in the right hand and your fork
in the left. It's the French way and very efi cient, especially
with salad.
You may rest both arms on the table, between bites, but
not elbows. Don't keep your hands in your lap.It implies
you aren't going to join in the conversation!
Break your bread off from the main loaf, if it hasn't been
cut already. Put the uneaten part or parts next to your
plate, so they don't get soggy in the sauces
Sincere comments about the food and the wine are
always a good topic of conversation. (But guard against
false compliments—worse than none at all in France.) In
about this. For example, don't play your music loudly,
or even bathe late at night. Don't speaking loudly in
the building's public spaces.
If you are a student going to live with a French
family, do not assume that you are being accepted
as an equal. You are a family member, but still a
'child'. Respect their rules and the private spaces
in the home outside your own room. Don't let it all
hang out unless behind the closed door of your own
assigned space.
Because there is little private space in France, your
presence will be a major impact on each member
of the family. Try to minimise that impact, wherever
possible. That is the basis of what the whole world
knows as 'good manners'.
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