You will receive friends at home? Read some tips to not do ugly as host!

Entertaining friends, relatives and even acquaintances to dinner (and also for lunch if you prefer) should be a pleasure and not a cause for concern. And even if they are invited to the ceremony, do not worry, the rules of etiquette are there to help.

WHAT TO DO IN ADVANCE:
* Take the tablecloth of the closet a few days before If it is white and was long kept, can be stained yellow.
You need to let the soap powder, preferably in the sun, or boil a few drops of lemon.
* Separate the plates, glasses and cutlery on the eve not to disrupt the day of the dinner. If the forks were stained, clean with a special product for silver or stainless steel and wash afterwards. Dishes and glasses may already be washed if they have accumulated dust or are stained with grease.
* Some recipes can be prepared in advance. This avoids rush and, in some cases, are even more tasty because the sauce penetrates better.

THE AMERICAN 

No matter what type of meal, the American service (buffet) solves, so nice, the problem of lack of space to gather a large group of friends. 
All dishes are placed in a single table and each guest is served at ease. 
So that everything goes well, you just need to think on the menu and the best way to accommodate the table and the guests. 
The menu for an American dinner should consist of a cold, a hot dish with accompaniment, dessert, coffee and liqueurs or cognac. 
Drinks, and appetizer, beer or wine can be, depending on what you serve. 



MOUNTING THE BOARD: 

The grooming table in the dining American, should facilitate the flow of guests. In the previous scheme, the arrows indicate the direction for each one to serve.
1 - If there is enough space, straighten the table in the center. If not, pull it into a wall. It is important to leave space around them to allow movement. If the table is small, it possesses only the dishes, silverware, napkins, cups and beverages.
2 - On one side of the table, plates and Forks available for free cold dishes, large forks and napkins. On the other hand, align the platters, each with their silverware to serve. On one end, swing the cups and drinks. Wine and beer can be served just before dinner. At the other end, put the basket with the bread. At the center, place a flower arrangement.
3 - When all have finished, remove from the table and place all plates, cutlery and dessert.
Ice creams, lotions and mousses can be served in individual cups or bowls.

TIPS:

* Keep the dishes always stocked.
* Have several bottle openers and corkscrews at hand, not to depend on one.
* Spread several containers for olive stone.
* Check ashtrays to be removed.
* If guests are eating the dish at hand, sitting in armchairs or a sofa, facilitates, serve dishes that can only be eaten with a fork, no need to use a knife.
*Do not use dishes or cups.
* Do not serve soups.
* Take the table water and soda for those not drinking alcohol.
* For a cold buffet or hot dishes should not take much sauce, but if need be, can not be too thin as it hinders the service.
* Mount each dish carefully, noting the amount of each one: the plates are very full hamper the handling by the guest.
* Should choose dishes that can be prepared in individual portions such as stuffed tomatoes, vol-au-vent or melon with ham. It is easier for the guest.
*Avoid dishes very hard to cut the table. Prefer those who take the meat is cut (or cut it before serving), shredded poultry and vegetables cut into small pieces.
* Provide support several small tables scattered about the room for easing. It is very difficult to eat with the dish on her lap, or standing, no place to put the cup. If you prefer, scatter cushions on the floor.

THE FRENCH

This is a solution for very formal dinners. Follow these tips:
1 - Dinner begins to be served by the main guest on the right of the householder.
2 - Then the other guests are served, ending with (the) host (are).
3 - With the men, women served after the order is the same.
4 - The dishes are presented on the left, at a time when the guests to serve themselves.
5 - All dishes are passed twice, except the soup and cheese.

TIPS:
Do not use towel emblazoned with colorful crockery decorated. In this case, the towel should be of plain color .
* Clean the glasses with alcohol, they were transparent and very shiny.
* Do not put toothpick at the table but have them handy in case a guest requests.
* Keep water and soft drinks for guests who do not drink alcoholic beverages.
The grooming should begin a few hours before dinner.
* An arrangement of flowers on the table values ​​your dinner. Give preference to arrangements that follow the format of the table: round, rectangular or square.
* The napkins can be on the left side or on top of an empty plate.
* If the start dinner or lunch with soup, a bowl of soup should be placed inside the flat plate and napkin, folded, shall be upon him. If there is soup, the napkin is on the paten.
* If the entry is a salad, cup of salad should be placed to the left of the plate, or inside the napkin on top.
* The cups are a little above the plate, right side. From left to right, the order is this: a glass of water, a smaller one for red wine and a still smaller for white wine.
If there is champagne, the cup should stay behind the glasses, the center, slightly to the right.
* The cutlery is placed in the order they are used, the latter being closer to the plate. Knives and spoons are placed on the right, forks on the left.
* The knife blade is to the inside, toward the plate.
* The dessert cutlery are arranged above the plate. First the knife with the blade in and out to the right side. Then, the fork with the handle to the left, in reverse.
Finally, spoon, also inverted, with the cable to the right.

BRUNCH 

Fashion invented by Americans, is a mixture of breakfast (breakfast) and lunch (lunch), hence the name brunch. It is ideal for parties that happen in the morning and go beyond the lunch hour, as the first communion, baptisms, bar mitzvah, and why not a reunion with friends or a birthday party? The tendency is to dare! And you can serve what you desire, from components to serve breakfast and lunch, including milk, coffee, tea, jams, breads, quiches, hot dishes, drinks and even alcoholic beverages and sweets. The system is American: it gets you a buffet, from milk to candy, and let each one serve at will. The table should only be taken after the last guest has gone. Party!

I hope you enjoy these tips to enjoy a lot when they receive their friends. Do not forget that with good planning can make a big party without worrying about further complications!