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Introduction to the same series ~ http://youtu.be/ZSDORxRVRx4 COPYRIGHT : NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Text used under fair use: Not using the whole source Not using it for the same purpose the original was (Mine: entertainment and social/historical commentary; Original: guide book) Not removing from it's monetary value (I'm not going to prevent people from purchasing the book - if anything I'll encourage people to read and buy the book) Full text in PDF or TXT format: http://archive.org/details/amyvanderbiltsco00vandrich CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - SETTING THE TABLE - BREAKFAST Breakfast is a simple, informal meal unless we wish to make an occasion of it (wedding breakfasts, hunt breakfasts, etc.). It is the one meal where it is often not even expected that all the family and the guests, if any, eat at the same time. And even in a well-staffed household it is not a served meal, except in a sketchy sense. For ease of service, breakfast is often served on individual trays at the table with each tray containing individual salt and pepper, a covered portion of toast (covered with a linen napkin or a china or silver dome), coffee or tea cup with the spoon on the saucer, knife, fork, butter plate and butter knife, fruit or fruit juice, cream and sugar, napkin to the left of the fork, jam, the breakfast dish and especially when the tray is taken up for breakfast in bed a simple low flower arrangement. For the breakfast table the centerpiece may be simple flowers, a green plant in a silver or copper urn, or a convenient Lazy Susan. The table is usually bare except for place mats, but on a beautifully surfaced table or in a breakfast nook where the table has a composition top even these may be dispensed with. The silver at each place consists of a small fork and knife, a dessert-size spoon for cereal, if needed, a butter knife on the butter plate, and a teaspoon on the saucer beneath the coffee cup or to the right of the knife to the left of the cereal spoon. Coffee cups may be before the hostess or at each place to the right of the knife. Jam or marmalade is served in a small serving dish or silver-topped or other decorative jam jar on a small service plate, with a spoon on the right side of the plate or in the jar or dish. Fruit or fruit juice is at each place on the breakfast plate. Water is at each place in tumblers, at least when guests are present. When there is service the waitress or butler pours the coffee and asks each person how he wishes his eggs. If there is something else offered, plates may be arranged in the kitchen and served individually. If everyone is ready at once, a platter of, say, bacon and eggs may be passed or griddle cakes and bacon. Or foods may be kept hot on the sideboard along with the coffee, either over alcohol lamps or in electric bains-marie. Toast may be made on the sideboard or at the table if it is not brought in from the kitchen on a covered dish or beneath a napkin. The napkin is laid on the plate, the buttered or unbuttered toast on top, then the corners of the napkin are folded to cover the toast. Amy Vanderbilt Amy Vanderbilt (July 22, 1908 -- December 27, 1974) was an American authority on etiquette. In 1952 she published the best selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette, has been updated and is still in circulation today. The most recent edition (ISBN 0-385-41342-4) was edited by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan. Its longtime popularity has led to it being considered a standard of etiquette writing. PushkaCom YouTube Video - http://YouTube.com/PushkaCom Canon 7D DSLR Camera with 24-105 IS L Lens ZOOM H4N microphone Gun Metal Grey Red Head wind shield Adobe Premier Pro, Photoshop Subscribe to Pushka's PushkaCom Channel for a free stream of high quality Art videos about: Music, Anime, Video Games, Literature and various things of interest. Uploading a video or more every week. Thanks for watching and sending messages ~ sharing life is fun times ~ ~ ★