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1、Placesetting[edit]Informalsettingsgenerallyhavefewerutensilsanddishesbutusealayoutbasedonmoreformalsettings.Utensilsarearrangedintheorderandaccordingtothemannerinwhichthedinerwillusethem.IntheWest,forks,breadplate,butterknife,andnapkingenerallyareplacedtotheleftofthedinnerpla
2、te,andknives,spoons,stemwareandtumblers,cups,andsaucerstotheright.(Bycontrast,formalsettingsinArmeniaandTurkeyplacetheforktotherightofthedinnerplate.)Sauceboatsandservingdishes,whenused,eitherareplacedonthetableor,moreformally,maybekeptonasidetable.InformalInformalsettingwith
3、pancakesinaCaliforniamountaincabin.Ataninformalsetting,fewerutensilsareusedandservingdishesareplacedonthetable.Sometimesthecupandsaucerareplacedontherightsideofthespoon,aboutfourinchesfromtheedgeofthetable.Often,inlessformalsettings,thenapkinshouldbeinthewineglass.However,suc
4、hobjectsasnapkinringsareveryrareintheUnitedKingdom,Spain,Mexico,orItaly.FormalAformaltablesettingforoneperson.Utensilsareplacedaboutaninchfromtheedgeofthetable,withallplacedeitheruponthesameinvisiblebaselineoruponthesameinvisiblemedianline.Utensilsintheoutermostpositionareuse
5、dfirst(forexample,asoupspoonandasaladfork,thenthedinnerforkandthedinnerknife).Thebladesoftheknivesareturnedtowardtheplate.Glassesareplacedaninchorsoabovetheknives,alsointheorderofuse:whitewine,redwine,dessertwine,andwatertumbler.FormaldinnerThemostformaldinnerisservedfromthek
6、itchen.Whenthemealisserved,inadditiontothecentralplate(aserviceplateordinnerplateatsupper;atluncheon,aserviceplateorluncheonplate)ateachplacethereareabreadroll(generallyonabreadplate,sometimesinthenapkin),napkin,andflatware(knivesandspoonstotherightofthecentralplate,andforkst
7、otheleft).CoffeeisservedinButlerServicestyleindemitasses,andaspoonplacedonthesaucertotherightofeachhandle.Servingdishesandutensilsarenotplacedonthetableforaformaldinner.[1]TheonlyexceptionintheWesttothesegeneralrulesistheprotocolfollowedattheSpanishroyalcourt,whichwasalsoadop
8、tedbytheAustriancourt,inwhichallflatwarewasplacedtotherightofthecent
