article_snippet: If served as a first course, rather than an accompaniment vegetable, these are eaten with the hands and dipped into the hollandaise sauce.
article_snippet: Rules of etiquette: Never double-dip asparagus...unless you have your own personal pot of sauce .
article_snippet: Brits will eat these with the left hand (leaving the right hand free of grease, ready to shake hands or pick up a wine glass, for example); there are some cultures where eating with the left hand is not the done thing, in this case, Brits may eat the asparagus with the right hand.
article_snippet: You may double-dip in the sauce so long as it is your own portion.
article_snippet: The Russians tend to consume caviar from the small pad of flesh between the thumb and the forefinger (again, on the left hand).
article_snippet: The idea of using a spoon as well comes from the USA but is not practised in authentic Italian homes or upmarket British ones.