When Verity tries to put the coin on the table, she'll find it floating back to her hand and another gold coin being left on the table in it's place. This one was a lot more plain than the one Trixie had given her, but it had a weight and purity stamped on it, not a monetary value.

"Keep those coins. They're meant to be something that you can use as part of a collection or something. It wouldn't be fair to tip with them, since they'll be all but worthless to them unless they go to Equestria sometime." And Trixie was planning on buying a good deal of deserts for the both of them anyways, so it's not like she was giving Verity 'funny money'. She smiles "Yes. Having to deal with a dragon that has an upset stomach is not fun."

Trixie looks a bit puzzled "Paper? But that is so expensive... Most of the time paper is used for books, studies and royal documents. You have to use so many resources to make it... The printing ink alone... and it's so fragile..." She pauses "I can see there are going to be some serious cultural differences..."

She's learned to eat with cutlery because while she could use magic, it was rude to do so around others who could not. She frequently ate in mixed company, and it wasn't like it was a hardship to not use it.