Do you know...

• Keep egg yolks in the refrigerator for up to three days by covering them with water.
• When you need a small amount of lemon juice, do not cut the fruit in half; just pierce it with a skewer, squeeze out some juice, and then refrigerate the fruit.
• To cure excessive vomiting, try two teaspoons whiskey, one teaspoon water, and one teaspoon ground cinnamon.
• Put a bay leaf in flour to discourage bugs.

And,

• When you set a table, the tines of all forks should be level with each other; spoons and knives should be lined up at the base of their handles.
• Soup is a beverage and must be both served and cleared from the right, like other beverages, an exception to the serve-from-the-left-and-clear-from-the-right rule.
• Coffee and tea cups are placed with their handles at four o'clock.
• The wine-glass goes goes above the point of the dinner knife.

(All taken from The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten)