How I like my steak.
I was recently at a barbecue at my mother-in-law's place and we were enjoying some nice grilled steak strips. I looked around and noticed that everyone was cutting their meat up into nice big chunks before taking bites of the juicy beef. One "American thing" I've been focused on dropping is not using my knife when I eat. That's why we have thumbs and bread. Here, everyone uses their knife to push the food onto their fork (which they hold upside down). I noticed that the last time I was here and I thought it was a neat way to eat. It also looks less barbaric than meeting your fork with your thumb on the edge of the plate to push that last bit of gravy-soaked mashed potatoes on. Then you have gravy on your thumb and you know that's not meant for your napkin. You've gotta suck that gravy off that thumb! When you're the only person at the table looking barbaric, you kind of learn to (read this part in a posh British accent) flip your fo...