What's the extra knife for?

Question

So I recently ate at this really nice restaurant and there was so much silverware. Three forks on the left, spoon fork spoon above, then knife soup spoon knife to the right. I know what the three forks were for and all the silverware above the plate, but I never could figure out what the OTHER knife was for. It wasn't the butter knife, because that was on the roll plate. Was it in case I needed to cut the appetizer? By the way, it was a 4-course meal.

The always took away both knives before dessert.

They also gave us steak knives when the need arose.

Answer 1

The smaller knife on the right is the salad knife or fish knife, depending on the courses. Since the meal was only 4-courses, I would say salad knife. It would have a corresponding fork on the left.
Here are a couple of examples:

Answer 2

For the dessert? Some time ago, women wore their gloves to a formal table. To correctly eat a piece of fruit like a peach, one would stab it with a fork, hold it up, and peel it with a knife in the other hand.

Today, maybe to cut a particularly tough pie crust?

Answer 3

the " mother-in-law " knife..

can be used 3 ways..

on her ..

to save you as a couple from an extended lifetime of misery..


2) on your husband & her ..to save yourself from the " them "

3) on yourself if there is no HOPE...

Just kidding...

( it's for #1 only...)HER !!

Answer 4

if one knife was sharper than the other, it could have been to cut steak or other meat.

Answer 5

for dessert