You've been eating corn on the cob all wrong! Etiquette 専門家 William Hanson 明らかにする／漏らすs that gnawing away at the vegetable 'like a woodland critter' is an 絶対の no-no

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By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor

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You've been eating corn on the cob all wrong. But then, it is a 悪名高くも tricky vegetable to eat, so it's no surprise.

But 恐れる not, because 専門家 tutelage on the etiquette of eating it is 利用できる 儀礼 of that Merlin of manners, William Hanson.

He 明らかにするs how to eat corn on the cob in a TikTok ビデオ that to date has been 見解（をとる）d three million times.

The central point he makes is that one shouldn't 選ぶ up the vegetable with one's 手渡すs and 'gnaw away at it like a woodland critter'.

'No beaver 活動／戦闘, please,' he 追加するs.

Expert tutelage on the etiquette of eating corn on the cob is available courtesy of that Merlin of manners, William Hanson

専門家 tutelage on the etiquette of eating corn on the cob is 利用できる 儀礼 of that Merlin of manners , William Hanson

Instead, Mr Hanson 教えるs his テレビ視聴者s to 持つ／拘留する the corn at the 最高の，を越す, while it's on a plate, and 'gently carve' it with a knife, 回転／交替ing it as you 削減（する） 'until there's 非，不，無 left'.

We asked Mr Hanson what the 訂正する 手続き is for eating corn on the cob if a plate and knife are unavailable. Is the woodland critter 手段 ok in an 緊急?

He said: 'In an 緊急, I guess chomping 負かす／撃墜する on a 厚い cob would be 許容できる. But 推定では, one is at a 半分-feral barbecue if no plates and cutlery are 利用できる, in which 事例／患者 formal dining etiquette can be dispensed with anyway.'

Should one apologise if 選ぶing for the woodland critter 手段?

'Profusely,' said Mr Hanson.

Perhaps corn on the cob should be served pre-sliced?

Mr Hanson said: 'It's a notion, but perhaps it runs the 危険 of looking a bit like an unappetising yellow 厚板.

The central point Mr Hanson makes is that one shouldn't pick up corn on the cob with your hands and 'gnaw away at it like a woodland critter'
No beaver action, please,' Mr Hanson adds

The central point Mr Hanson makes is that one shouldn't 選ぶ up corn on the cob with your 手渡すs and 'gnaw away at it like a woodland critter'. 'No beaver 活動／戦闘, please,' he 追加するs

'Probably best to serve sweetcorn loose rather than in 厚板s, if you are 始める，決める on serving it at all.'

Is it bad form to serve corn on the cob? Given that it is ぎこちない to eat and is a barbecue 中心的要素?

Mr Hanson replied: 'Yes, corn on the cob is not a formal vegetable, so it would not usually be served in formal dining.

'But it could be served as a novelty 行為／法令／行動する during a very causal kitchen supper for の近くに friends.'

For more from Mr Hanson visit his TikTok and Instagram profiles. Hi s new 調書をとる／予約する, Just Good Manners (Penguin 無作為の House), is out on September 12, 2024. It is 法案d as 'a witty and 権威のある guide to British etiquette', with William 株ing 'his 最終的な 指導／手引 on how to charm and delight those around you in every 状況／情勢 with idiosyncratic 当局'.

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