What are good sides with BBQ?

Table of Contents:

1. What are good sides with BBQ?
2. What are two different tips for passing dishes or food?
3. Why is it bad etiquette to put your elbows on the table?
4. What we should never do at the dining table?
5. Is it bad manners to scrape your plate?
6. Is it rude to scrape your fork with your teeth?

What are good sides with BBQ?

Best BBQ side dishes

• Watermelon and halloumi salad. ...
• Fennel salad. ...
• Potato salad. ...
• Rainbow coleslaw. ...
• Smacked buffalo cucumbers. ...
• New potato salad with aïoli. ...
• Spiced corn on the cob. ...
• Lemon and mint marinated courgettes.

What are two different tips for passing dishes or food?

Passing Dishes of Food and Serving Pass food from the left to the right. Do not stretch across the table, crossing other guests, to reach food or condiments. If another guest asks for the salt or pepper, pass both shakers together, even if they only asked for one of them.

Why is it bad etiquette to put your elbows on the table?

When you eat with your elbows on the table, your upper spine is bent forward, your ribs are pushed inwards and - most importantly - your stomach is squeezed between the two. It's incredibly bad for your digestion.

What we should never do at the dining table?

2. Never use the table as an elbow rest. We know it's tempting, but avoid putting your elbows on the table. "Keep them tucked into your body, especially when lifting food into your mouth," MacPherson advises.

Is it bad manners to scrape your plate?

Scraping a plate or loudly chewing is unpleasant to listen to and considered impolite. Smacking and slurping food are major mistakes and a sign of bad table manners.

Is it rude to scrape your fork with your teeth?

Never gesture with your cutlery, and don't scrape or clatter it noisily. Equally, it is bad manners to clank your utensils loudly against your teeth. Depending on the formality of the occasion, there will be varying amounts of cutlery on the table.