Everything in its place...Mrs Beeton style!

This afternoon we took advice from Mrs Beeton about how to set a table in Victorian times.

We had a go at setting the table exactly as Mrs Beeton advised in 1888. There was cutlery for four courses, a salt dish and glasses for sherry and champagne!

Some children already knew how to fold serviettes - someone even made a flower!

It was very important to have the blades of the knives facing the right way, and for the spoon to be placed next to the knives as it was to be used to drink soup.

We had great fun...

The Victorians were very precise so we had to make sure that our cutlery was straight and everything was in the right place.

Getting the serviettes to stand up was definitely the trickiest thing to do!

Well done! Can you now do this at home?