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Hot Dog Etiquette
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Youtube video: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=T69HDek6a3k
This video was made by someone as a gag, and yet it points out the cultural and social customs we attach to something so simple as eating a certain kind of food - in this case, the American hot dog. It made me think of the fact that someone from another culture or country coming to America could commit all types of gaffes and faux pas doing something so mundane as attending a barbeque. Eating hot dogs is ubiquitous to American culture and yet it could prove a social minefield to anyone unfamiliar with all the customs we don’t even realize we’ve attached to eating this particular food! Maybe this video would actually be helpful as part of a series - American culture 101!
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July 14th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
haha good one. My former boss who was the head of a brand consultancy would have called this: The Rituals of Eating Hotdogs.
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July 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
ahahahahaha, this is so random.
It also reminds me that as a TCK, my biggest failure is that I still refuse to learn any eating etiquette. In fact the way I eat is completely against all standards. I eat raw lettuce bugs bunny style, I use my fingers on pretty much everything, and i always hold knife with my left hand.
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July 14th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I have often had to explain my eating habits and ettiquete to others. In South American culture, like many european cultures, you eat with your fork in your left hand and use your knife in your right. You NEVER switch hands and both hands are always going. It is funny, we would always make fun of “Americans” chasing their food around their plate with their fork in their right hand and their left hand in their lap.
Also, we would never just pick up a sandwich in our bare hands, but wrap it in a napkin. And that was last resort. I have often seen Brasilians eating a sandwich with a knife and fork. And pizza, forget about it, I still feel weird picking it up with my hands.
CR
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July 14th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Only if there Hebrew National. I don’t eat swine, homie…
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July 15th, 2008 at 2:00 am
I tend to modify my habits a bit depending on who I’m with, but there are some things I can’t do because of a situation with one of my front teeth so I’ll use a knife and fork with almost anything.
I’ve had sarcastic remarks thrown at me by the Spanish about not having to ‘eat like the King’ when I use a knife and fork to dismantle boiled prawns, but it’s not about eating like royalty - it’s about my tooth (every time I get it repaired I pay 60 euros or more so I’m not going to bite into some prawns just for show) and who wants to talk about that at the dinner table? o_O
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July 15th, 2008 at 6:47 am
That was kinda random, lol.
I had no idea there was such a thing as hot dog ettiquette.
And I can totally relate to the whole fork and knife thing. My parents told me from a very young age that when I was eating around guests, I shouldn’t use my hands. That meant that I tried to eat everything on my plate and, yes, even prawns, with a knife, fork, spoon, chopsticks, and whatever other cutlery you can think of in every country I went to. That might explain why some westerners tend to look at me funny when I use cutlery for everything.
I’ve started learning how to eat with my hands though, through a massive influence of malay and indian culture. It’s really cool.
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July 15th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Funny. My Nigerian friend ate everything with his hands or a teaspoon. I have seen some people NEVER pick up a piece of food.
My question is…how does everyone eat tapas or mezza or dim-sum? How does one scoop up food with pita or sangak bread? Who eats a bun with a fork?
After I eat all the main food I drink from the rest of the bowl…depending on which culture I am with, lol…
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July 17th, 2008 at 4:10 am
NO WAY!O.O You mean we can’t use ketchup after we turn 18!? That is the oddist thing I have ever heard!xD Guess this means I gotta stay clear of Chicago…haha
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July 17th, 2008 at 4:35 am
I never really liked ketchup to begin with, so I’m good for when I turn 18…:P
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