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Business Meal Etiquette: the Soup Course
Many (31) ... business meal starts with a soup course. (32) ... you have already begun by munching on the bread, this is your first opportunity to demonstrate your table manners to impress or unimpress-your dining companions.
Choosing the right spoon is step number one. If the table has been preset, your soup spoon will be the large round or oval one to the far (33) ... of your place setting. If the table has not been fully set, the server will bring your spoon with the soup. I recently found myself on a hunt for my soup spoon (34) ... the waiter had brought the bowl. There was no soup spoon to the right of the place setting and it didn’t seem to be anywhere else close (35) ... Just before confessing that I was without a spoon, I spotted a handle sticking out from under the oversized soup bowl. So check the plate first (36) ... you give up.
With soup spoon in (37) spoon the soup away from you towards the opposite side of the bowl. If a bit of the liquid should fall from the spoon this will ensure that it will drop into the bowl and not on the front of your nice business attire. Sip your soup quietly from the side of the spoon. Slurping is never acceptable.
No matter (38)... hot the soup, at no point should you blow on it to cool it off. You may lift a spoonful slightly level with the bowl and hold it for a (39) ... seconds while it cools off. Be patient and grateful that your soup is (40) ...