Karen’s Opinion

What’s Up With this Fork?

We had a nice dinner with friends this evening. I always love it when I don’t have to cook! We noticed that my friend’s new silverware had an unusual feature and wondered why. Does anyone know why this fork has a hook in one of the prongs?

June 4th, 2009 Posted by karen in A Bit of Everything |

13 Responses to “ What’s Up With this Fork? ”

1. # 1 Vixen Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 2:58 am

   Is it to stab the host in the eye if they try to poison you?

2. # 2 Dorothy Stahlnecker Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 7:07 am

   No I don’t however it certainly is interesting looking I’d worry it could cut the inside of your mouth. Thanks for sharing.

   Dorothy from grammology
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3. # 3 clair Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 7:47 am

   Is it to get a better grip of the hard-to-pick-up pieces?

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4. # 4 blueyes Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 8:01 am

   I’m thinking its for the carnivores to grab that steak better.

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5. # 5 radio moon Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   Thank you verey much for the beneficial informatin .

   thanks.. good look

   radiomoon vb

6. # 6 valmg Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

   I thought perhaps a piece of the fork was broken.
   Hubby thinks it’s for picking seafood or something like that.

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7. # 7 Charla Says:
   June 6th, 2009 at 12:21 am

   Hmmm…I’ve never seen a fork like that before.

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8. # 8 pat. Says:
   June 6th, 2009 at 6:57 am

   Karen,
   I don’t know what it is. I know it isn’t a dinner, dessert , coctail, sardine , or hors d’oeuvre fork. Find the name of the manufacturer then google for a product listing.
   Pat.

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9. # 9 Stacy Says:
   June 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   So I went to ask.com and found that many salad forks and fish forks are the same size, as well as dessert forks. The notch in the fork is to distinguish the sald fork from the other forks. If it has a notch use it for salad! Also forks with three tines instead of four are supposed to be used for meat, because it has less of a chance to fall through. One more thing I know now that I probably don’t need to.

10. # 10 Ste Says:
    June 6th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    It looks broken! Haha.

11. # 11 long island mortgage lender Says:
    June 10th, 2009 at 1:14 am

    Or it could be just another factory defect. Did they buy that on sale?

12. # 12 Nick Says:
    June 11th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    my vote would be for a crustacean fork. Something to help crack open lobster or crab legs without having to resort to the pliers and hammers…

13. # 13 T Phillips Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    I have some old fashioned silverware from my great grandma and they have that too. I am not sure but I think it’s just the dessert forks that have them.
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