So it was customary that celebrating the holiday, we sit down at the festive table. Any hostess wants her table to be the best, exceptional, in order to enthrall the guests and amuse their pride. The festive table brings together, relieves tension, disposes to a conversation, allowing to combine pleasant pastime with useful eating of festive dishes.
So what should be the table setting for a festive dinner, so as not to hit the dirt in the face? Proceeding from material opportunities, the most important thing is that everyone should be comfortable at the table, nobody should be cramped.
Aesthetic decoration of the festive table. Initially, you need to choose a tablecloth for the table, it should not be oleaginous, it gives the impression of a table from the dining room. Very impressive is the table covered with a white starched tablecloth. Tablecloth should hang from all edges equally, and corners on half to cover legs of a table.
You should not pile a festive table with an abundance of dishes, let them not be so much, but they will be executed accurately and neatly look at the table.
Serving of the festive table. As with the aesthetic design of the festive table, do not stack the table with different utensils. This is not a parade of crystal, porcelain and glassware, it's a table for a festive dinner. It should be only items of prime necessity, it is necessary to try so that the hand of a neat and elegant hostess can be felt in everything.
Every object has its place when serving a festive table. Plates are placed at a distance of two or three centimeters from the edge of the table. At the same time, we must strictly follow that they stand opposite each other on both sides of the table. Snacks are put on table plates.
On the right side of the plate is put the knife, and the spoon is the dining room, and to the left of the plate, respectively, a fork. For a dessert plate set the glasses. Dessert instruments - a spoon, a fork and a knife - are stacked just to the right of the crystal.
On a snack plate put a linen napkin, previously beautifully decorated. Paper napkins are placed in small vases on the diagonal of the table.
Flowers for decoration put in small vases, in the fruit bowl, carefully fold the fruit to the bottom were more solid fruit, and on top are already more tender, soft fruits.
Spices should always be on the table, as well as appliances of public use: always spoons in salad, tweezers in order to avoid taking certain snacks with your hands.
Bottles with drinks are put in different places in the center of the table, with labels to guests. All bottles before serving should be uncorked, except for champagne, vodka is served in shtofs.
Serving and arranging dishes. Cold snacks are put about half an hour before the start of the celebration, so that they retain their freshness and attractiveness. For solidity, you can prepare dishes entirely: pike stuffed, chicken stuffed or pig.
Fish, meat and vegetable cuts alternate having their snake on different ends of the table, so that everyone can get his favorite dish.
Bread is put on the table before serving and placed at different ends of the table, for the convenience of the guests, or in general the hostess simply delivers to his guests.
Before serving a hot dish, you should entertain guests, dance to shake up the absorbed food. At this time, you need to remove from the table dirty dishes, napkins and prepare a table for serving hot dishes.
Dessert is served when the feast is in full swing. From the table virtually all dishes are removed, from the dishes you can leave a cheese plate, sandwiches and fruit. A large effect produces a cake with candles it is taken out by turning off the light.
Menu. The most difficult thing in organizing a festive dinner, is to choose the right menu, so that even the most capricious guest please. It is necessary to take into account the compatibility and the degree of variety of dishes, the compatibility of the tastes of the products used, the color scheme in their design.
A beautifully served table, with soulfully prepared and tastefully decorated treats, pleasant friendly intercourse - all this creates a truly festive atmosphere, and the good mood of the guests compensates for all costs and worries.