My Swedish Aunt eats the way your Mom does it, but the rest of my family does the old scoop method. The one thing we don't do is cut something, put down the knife, switch the fork over to the other hand then put the food in and repeat until done. I have several American friends that eat that way. It seems like quite the waste of time, maybe that's why they cut up alot of their food at first.
As long as you have the basics and use them, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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nice line eh?
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