Beautiful table setting not only gives an excellent mood during meals, but also stimulates appetite. Unusual decor, quality dishes, pleasant little things, flowers - all this will help to attract the attention of those sitting at the table and leave only a pleasant impression of the meal.
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Serving Rules
First of all, the table setting should correspond to the event, whether it is lunch, breakfast, dinner, tea party, banquet, etc. It is also equally important that it is combined with a menu of served dishes, snacks and drinks. It’s good if the serving reflects the thematic focus of the feast, for example, a New Year’s celebration or an anniversary celebration.
A great addition to the table are flowers. Especially, they are appropriate in the morning, charging home with a good mood for the whole day. Low vases with flowers are placed most often in the center of the table. The use of large vases with large flowers is not recommended, because they will obscure the dishes and the people sitting at the table. "Floating" flowers are great for decorating the table; for this, only inflorescences without stems are immersed in shallow vessels filled with water. Moreover, not only traditional roses are suitable for table setting, but also any wildflowers, in the fall it can be colorful leaves, in winter beautiful twigs with fruits or branches of spruce, pine.
The tablecloth, which will cover the table, should be in harmony with all the other serving elements. The cleanliness of the instruments is very important - they must be perfectly clean. this applies both to plates, glasses, forks, spoons and knives, as well as to salt shakers, napkin holders, candlesticks, vases and other items.
According to the rules, a clean, well-ironed tablecloth is laid so that the intersection point of the folds formed in the middle of the tablecloth coincides with the center of the table. Under it, you can put another, from softer matter, to muffle the clatter of instruments on the table surface. Napkins should be a continuation of the tablecloth, which means that they should be not only the same colors, but also from the same material. Beautifully folded, they are set on deep plates or right on the table to their left.
In the center of the table is a vase with all kinds of fruits and a variety of spices. Next to them should be drinks and salads. Bread should be placed at both ends of the dining table. Cutlery is placed strictly symmetrically, and an equal distance must be maintained between adjacent places.
Place the appliances starting with a large flat plate for each guest. As a rule, it plays the role of a kind of stand for other plates. Right behind it is a small spoon for desserts, on the right side of which is a glass of water. On the left side of the stand should be a small flat plate for bread. At the end of the meal, it is allowed to lay a peel of fruit on it.
Table setting with appliances depends on the intended dishes for serving. There is a snack fork on the edge, in the center - for fish, next to a plate - for meat. On the opposite side of the plate, knives are laid out in a similar way. A tablespoon is to the right of the knives. Dessert appliances are laid out, starting from the plate and moving gradually towards the middle of the table. The knife lies first, then the fork and then the spoon.
Next to the glass of water to the right of it, there should be a glass for red wine, a little to the right - for white. On the opposite side is a champagne glass, a small plate for butter with a specially designed knife is placed next to it.