How to serve the food correctly

At a formal dinner or meal it is important to take care of the forms and serve your guests correctly. In this article I am going to show you the correct way to serve the food, if you keep in mind the following tips, you will be sure to stay with your guests.

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When you invite someone at home, at the time of serving, you will be the host or hostess, who will serve from your standing position, to the other guests, keeping the container on the table so that the guests can see the food.

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It is not polite to insist on offering more food than the guest asks for. Today (and to facilitate the time to serve) is usual that the food is presented emplatada, that is, from the kitchen already prepared rations ready for each diner. In this case, the dishes will be served on the right.

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When serving any type of drink, it is served on the right, ensuring that the drink does not splash on the tablecloth.

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The order to follow to serve the guests is first to the ladies from the oldest to the youngest and then to the men, with the same rule. At the end the hosts will be served. In case there is a guest of honor, he should always be the first to be served.

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If we enter the field of family meals, the order established by the family custom will be followed; It is usual to start with the head of the family and continue from higher to lower age.

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At the time of serving, it is not possible to dig into the contents of the source, but rather to use the piece or piece that touches us.

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Nor is educated, serve until overflowing the plate or abuse the ration if we see that there are still many diners to serve. It is better to wait for later repetitions.