Cutlery & it's purpose

Cutlery and the individual uses of cutlery are a craft in its own right.  

While most homes have traditional knife, forks and spoons in their cutlery draws, there are many more you can purchase, with a specific use.  
Let's explore this further. 
Knives 
*Bread Knives- to help spread your butter without tearing your bread or roll.
*Steak Knives- Sharper in design to enable you to cut meat, without having to carve or scratch your plates.
*Starter Knives- Slightly smaller in size to dinner Knives. 
*Dinner Knives-Used for eating most meals 
*Fish Knives- This knife helps you to lift skin and delicately remove soft fish flesh. 
*Cheese Knives: Often with two fork like points at the top of the blade, it enables you to pick up cheese eloquently. 
*Fruit knives- Sharp blade, enabling you to segment your fruit into bitesize morsels. 
Forks 
Starter forks-slightly smaller than the dinner fork and can be used as a dessert fork.
Dinner forks- Used for eating most meals 
Spaghetti forks- has waved edges as well as the spikes to grip pasta
Fish, oyster and snail forks- each designed specifically for the purpose of what you eat. 
Pastry fork- These are used to eat delicate desserts, it looks like a fork and a knife in one.
Spoons 
Soup Spoon- Wider & more circular in design with depth to aid eating soups. 
Dessert Spoons- Used for the majority of desserts 
Sorbet Spoons- Smaller in size and used to cleanse your palate between courses. 
Sauce Spoons- Used as serving spoons 
Tea Spoons- stirring spoon 

There are so many different items of cutlery, and they can transform the look of your dinner table, should you be entertaining guests. It's always worth putting in the effort to polish your cutlery before you lay the table.  Hot boiling water with a touch of vinegar and a dry cotton cloth will have them Sparkle as they touch the light or glisten as the candle light hits them.  

If you're planning on hosting a dinner party or looking to change your kitchware to match in with your new interior design then get in touch. 

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