Soup Etiquette - To Tilt or Not?

Unusual soup plate designs, patented for serving up soup in 1880 – “Soup plates” are large, low bowls for soup. There were as many different soup bowls as there were types of soup spoons during the gilded age.

      Your Soup is Not to Roll In

Etiquette note in an English newspaper—“You may tilt your plate slightly if you need to, but always tilt away from you; do not attempt to scoop up the very last drop. And never break your bread or roll in your soup.” – The Livingston Journal, 1929

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