Dining Custom in the USA
Dining Custom in the USA
Americans,
like many people elsewhere
in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening
of food,drink and conversation.
Formal
dinners
in fine homes
and hotels in
the US
are much
the
same as
formal
dinners
anywhere in the world.
But as most people in the US have no servants, their dinner parties at home tend to be informal.
Guests may sit down at a table,or as
many new small homes have no separate dining room or
very small dining space.
Guests can also serve
themselves and eat in the living room, holding
their plates or trays on their knees.
A more enjoyable
form
of entertainment is the picnic.
Americans are great picnickers and
almost every family has a picnic basket.
Summer invitations are
often for a picnic at a park or in the
open countryside, and less hamburgers or
hot dogs are cooked over a fire. Picnic
food is usually cold.