American vs.

European Table Manners

Desserts

American desserts

European desserts

American Desserts use

a lot of butter, sugar,
milk and flour. That
mean's that it will be
fluffy, buttery, smooth
and silky.

European
desserts usually
have natural flavors and
are made from veggies
and fruits mostly, ,but
also can be made with
other ingredients.

Etiquette for desserts.

Table manners for eating soft desserts. In general, eat custards and
other very soft desserts with a spoon, using the fork for berries or any
other garnishes. Cake, pie, or crepes being served ala mode - i.e., with
ice cream - may be eaten with either or both of the utensils.
Table manners for eating firm desserts. For firmer desserts such as
dense cakes or poached pears, switch the utensils - the fork for eating,
the spoon for pushing and cutting.
Table manners for eating layer cake. When you're served layer cake
with the slice upright, turn it on its side with a dessert fork and spoon or
any other utensil that remains at your place. If all of the other utensils
have been cleared, then do your best with your fork and the fingers of
the other hand.

Etiquette for desserts: Using utensils

When the main course is finished, bring the utensils that are
placed on top of the dinner plate to the sides of the plate: the fork
to the left and the spoon to the right.
Dessert that includes solids and creamy or liquid food may be
eaten with the fork in the left hand, prongs down, and the spoon in
the right. Eat with the spoon. The fork can serve as a pusher.
If the dessert is cake or pie, you may use only the fork. For ice
cream or pudding, use only the spoon. Leave the other utensil in
place on the table.

When you finish with your dessert, place both

utensils together at either side on your plate
anywhere between the clock positions of four
and six. This position of your silverware
indicates that you have finished eating.

Desserts: Pies
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing
that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or
savory ingredients. Pies are common desserts among American and
European
How to eat pies:
A slice of pie is cut and eaten with the fork, with the help of the
dessertspoon if the crust is difficult to cut with the fork alone. When a
slice of cheese is served with apple pie, it can be lifted with the fork
and spoon, placed on top of the pie, and cut and eaten with each bite.

European Apple Pies

European Mini Apple Pies

American Pumpkin Pies

American Fresh Peach Pies

Desserts: Cakes
Table manners for eating dry cake. Cake with a dry, crumbly texture, such as
pound cake or a cupcake, is broken into small pieces and eaten a bite at a time
with the fingers.
Table manners for eating moist cake. Cake with a moist, gooey texture, such
as cake with a custard filling, is eaten with a fork.
Table manners for eating ice-cream cake. Ice-cream cake is made in both dry
and moist textures and is served with a fork and a spoon. The fork is used to hold
the portion, and the spoon to cut and convey the bite to the mouth.
Both European and American cakes are usually made of fruits as the main
ingredients.

Blackforest cakes

Matcha Chiffon Cakes

Light New York cheesecakes

Strawberry roll cakes

Desserts: Cookies
Cookies come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and textures which dictate, in part, the
dining etiquette used when eating them.
Table manners for eating crumbly cookies. The texture of the cookie is
crumbly and best eaten with the fingers.
Table manners for eating small cookies. Small cookies are eaten whole in one
bite.
Table manners for eating large cookies. Large cookies are broken and eaten a
piece at a time.
When a small plate is provided, before a cooky is eaten, it is placed on the plate.

Valentines Jewel Cookies

Soft and Chewy Cookies

Oatmeal cookies

Florentine cookies

Desserts: Pudding
Table manners for eating plum pudding. After the flames from the
brandy sauce die down, plum pudding is served in a dessert bowl,
usually with ice cream or a sauce. Either or both of these are scooped
onto your pudding, and the whole thing is eaten with a spoon. If
brandy is passed while the dessert is being served, pour some onto
your pudding not into your glass.

Mango puddings

Creamy Chocolate pudding

Creamy Caramel Pudding

Child Summer pudding

Desserts: Ice Cream

How ice cream is served determines whether it is eaten with a spoon, a fork,
or both.
Table manners for eating ice cream served in a bowl. Ice cream
served in a bowl is eaten with a spoon.
Table manners for eating ice cream served on a plate. Ice cream
served on a plate, such as an ice-cream roll, it is eaten with a fork.
Table manners for eating ice cream served with cake. When ice cream
is served with cake, it is eaten with a fork and a spoon: the fork to hold the
cake portion and the spoon to cut and lift the bite to the mouth.

Filipino desserts
Yema is a type of custard candy made from egg
yolks and condensed milk. This is a common
Filipino dessert and one of the easiest to make.
Ube Halaya is a dessert made from boiled and
grated purple yam which is locally known in the
Philippines as Ube.
Buko Salad or sweet young coconut salad is a
dessert dish that makes use of shredded young
coconut as the main ingredient.

Cont.
Polvoron is a semi-sweet concoction made of toasted flour,
powdered milk, sugar, and butter. This is considered as a
dessert or snack in the Philippines wherein roasted rice
puffs referred to locally as pinipig is added

Pastillas de leche are sweet milk candies that are

usually served for dessert.

Cassava Cake is a classic Filipino dessert made

from grated cassava (manioc).

Cont.
Biko is a Filipino rice cake made from sticky rice
(locally known as malagkit), coconut milk, and
brown sugar.
Buko Pandan is a popular Filipino Dessert; this is
made using young coconut and screwpine leaves
(locally known as Pandan).
Maja Blanca is a Filipino dessert made from
coconut milk, cornstarch, and sugar.