It is no longer good form to put bread or a dinner roll in the napkin– too many embarrassing moments resulted from that custom. |
Proper Napkin Placement
The napkin is usually placed at the left of the forks and parallel with them. If the napkin is folded in a square or otherwise folded so that the corners are up, it is placed so that the open corners are toward the plate.
Often one sees the napkin placed on the service plate, but unless space demands this, it is not to be recommended. Service plates are usually of such loveliness that none of their beauty should be sacrificed.
It is no longer good form to put bread or a dinner roll in the napkin– too many embarrassing moments resulted from that custom, for it was most natural, when one was engrossed in conversation, to take up the napkin unthinkingly and discover the roll flying for the regions under the table. – From “The American Woman’s Cookbook,” 1951
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