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A boiled egg is to be eaten by using an eggcup, an underlying plate set in a place setting, and a teaspoon.

1. The cup is steadied with the left hand. The teaspoon is used to tap or to crack the top of the shell (as with crème brulee.) Competition

2. The top shell is removed and placed on the underlying plate.

3. The egg is to be eaten by being spooned from the shell and placed into the mouth. Yes, you can add salt to a boiled egg without first tasting it.

4. The finished position for the spoon is to the right side of the eggcup atop the underlying plate.

Bacon is to be eaten by using a knife and fork to cut it and using a fork to place it in the mouth. Bacon that is very crisp can be picked up and taken to the mouth using the fingers. When cereal is to be eaten, a cereal bowl and an underlying plate are to be placed center of the place setting. A bread and butter plate is to be used as an underlying plate. A salad plate can be used. It may be a dinner plate. (Only a salad bowl can be correctly placed directly on a table.)

1. Cereal is eaten using a spoon.

2. The rest position for the spoon is center the bowl handle pointed to four o'clock.

3. The bowl can be tipped away from the table to get the last bit of cereal or milk from within it.

4. The finished position for the bowl is center the setting atop an underlying plate.

5. The finished position for the spoon is to the right side of the bowl on the underlying plate.

6. Avoid eating cereal as the last course to any meal except breakfast. If you are “still hungry” eat some fruit, something someone watching can understand. Cereal may be eaten later, when you are alone, as a snack. Avoid someone watching you practice being too poor to have proper seconds.