On normal forks, all four tines are thin. On salad forks, one of the outside tines is thicker, and at the very end it curves almost to a point. Why is that?
2007-02-09 13:15:18 · 4 answers · asked by hoopluver010 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I've always wondered the same thing. Why is it nessessary to have so many forks to begin with?
2007-02-09 13:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by theslam2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's designed to be a cutting edge... A lot of people are confused about which fork to use in a formal place setting. The simple answer is you work from the outside in. The salad fork will be at the outside, the dinner fork in the middle and the desert fork on the inside.
2007-02-09 13:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a salad many times one can not pick up the last bits on the plates bottom and the thicker end tines will not suffice thought the pointed left tine easily can perce the tibit from stright down or at an angle and get underneath due to the point and thus one can enjoy those long soaked peices in the dressing that can be delicious
2015-12-25 15:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by Michael & Laura T 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think your salad fork got bent !
What you're describing sounds more like a sweet fork.
A salad fork is a smaller version of the dinner fork.
A sweet fork should have the left tine slightly serrated, like a knife.
2007-02-09 13:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Froggy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋