Scanderan table manners

Table manners in Scandera do differ a bit from those of European peoples, the most obvious example of this is the idea of a eating needle that is commonly used rather than a fork. It is also common that instead of using the fork to eat so are the eating needle used to keep the meal in place while cutting it and then use the knife to put it on ones mouth. To reflect this is the knife held in the left hand and the needle held in the right. However due to new introductions of food like pasta and noodles so have the fork become used even if it is far from the most common cutlery. During large dinners so are meals not served meal after meal but instead so are the food served in large smorgasbords. Smaller dinners however are served in just one sitting as it is uncommon for normal informal meals to consist of more than one meal. Generally are meals started with a prayer to the gods lead by the host and a small sacrifice prepared by each host offering a small portion that will either be given to the spirits or the gods in a small bowl prepared by the host. A general rule of this is that the finest food one have taken should be ones sacrifice.

However so are there an order in how food should be picked. In the first sitting are one supposed to take fish and shellfish if any are present at the dinner. This should be followed by the meat and vegetables in a second serving and finally are one supposed to eat bread, cheese and sweets served in a final serving. One can however take more than three servings and taking two servings of fish, then one of meat and finally one of sweets would be considered acceptable. However to take a step backwards on this order is considered rather rude. Similarly is it also considered rude to take another filling before the host have taken a second portion. After a dinner so is it however polite to burp loudly to show that one enjoyed the meal.