[Morecambe Ex Pat]

Cavemen used to rip their food apart and then eat it. Since we became 'civilised' it has become customary to use tools to eat food. I was always taught, cut with your knife and eat with your fork and continue to do just that.
When it comes to table manners though, the incorrect use of tools is insignificant when you are seated with people who are unable to eat anything without slurping, sniffing and sloshing food round their mouth as they carry on a conversation.