Table setting
In a furious rhythm of modern life, a rare familygathers at the same table to have breakfast, lunch or dinner together. Too many cases, too little time ... In such an atmosphere about some kind of table setting no one will remember. But fortunately, there is still a place for a holiday in this life and millions of housewives carefully serve their festive table with the most elegant tablecloth and service.
What is important to know about the rules of table layout?
The table is set to cover tablecloth. In solemn occasions a whiteironed and starched tablecloth. You can also take a plain color tablecloth, harmonizing with the instruments. Under the tablecloth is laid a clean cloth or an oilcloth to protect the polished surface of the table. The tablecloth should not be too short or too long, its corners must cover the legs of the table.
The methods of placing cutlery and dishes depend on the type of reception:
- dining table
- cold (snack) table
- tea or coffee table
- Buffet table (Swedish, buffet table or cocktail buffet)
The dinner table is usually served firsta few cold appetizers, then broth or soup, and then - a hot dish, at the end of the reception served dessert. The cold table is limited only to snacks and dessert, for tea or coffee only dessert is served.
Buffet table differs from all other types of admission intoFirst of all, the fact that guests do not sit at the table, and if necessary come up to him and gain the right amount of food. For this type of reception, the table does not cover every single guest, all meals, mainly snacks and drinks, are located on a high table.
Although the ways of serving the table for different types of receptions are different, but there are several general rules.
Dishes it is necessary to dispose of severalcentimeters from the edge of the table. A large small plate for a hot set for each guest, put a snack plate on it. To ensure that the snack plate does not slip, a cloth or paper napkin can be placed under it. To the left of the diner is put a patty plate (for bread), at a distance of about 5-15 cm. If oil is supplied to the bread, then next to the pirozhka plate should put a small knife for oil.
After the plates are placed, proceed to the serving cutlery. Devices - knives, forks, spoons - it is necessaryTo arrange so: for the basic dish devices should be closest to the plate. The knives are placed on the right, the forks are on the left. The forks look "pointed" upwards, the knives are turned with a sharp side to the plate.
If the first dish is provided, then soup spoon should be placed next to the knife, spout up. When serving fish dishes, the table is served with a fork and a fish knife, respectively, placing them between table and snack forks and knives. The snack fork and knife are always farther away from the dish.
The distance between the cutlery should be small - only about 1 cm. From the edge of the table, the handles of appliances should be at the same distance as the plates.
Arranging dishes for drinks also requires compliance with the rules. If only water (mineral, carbonated) or juice is served to the table, then a glass or glass for it should be placed behind a plate of each guest, centered or slightly to the right. Dishes for alcoholic beverages should be placed next to a glass for water, to the right of it. At the same time, the number of dishes depends on the amount of hot drinks delivered to the table.
For each drink its own dishes: a glass, a tall or low glass, and so on. Dispose dishes for drinks in accordance with the dishes to which these drinks will be served. The later the dish is served - the closer the dishes should be for the corresponding drink to the guest dish.
Wipes - Required attribute of table layout. Cloth napkins are put to every guest on his snack plate. There are many ways of decorative folding of napkins: you can pass them a decorative ring, you can fold them with a triangle or square, "rose", etc. Paper napkins are usually placed in special napkins.
Decorate the festive table followed by flowers or vases of fruit. Depending on the season, flowers can be replaced with a composition of spruce or pine branches in winter, from decorative branches of trees - in autumn. Flowers should be placed in not very high vases, so that they do not obscure the guests.
A beautifully served table looks appetizing,creates a special, solemn atmosphere, why both the hosts and their guests will be satisfied with the holiday and will for a long time retain the warmest and brightest memories of it.
