Dessert fork and its features

As you can easily guess by name, the dessert fork is designed to be eaten by desserts. This device is not necessary for daily use, at home you can completely do without it, using a spoon or even hands. But if you are going to attend a solemn event, in which dessert will be served among other dishes, you should learn how to use this tableware.

A dessert fork is needed in order to avoid unpleasant discomfiture with the flowing fruit juice, crumbling crumbs and falling off the cake cream. Such a cutlery, like a dessert spoon, is much wider, but there are a number of dishes that you need to eat with a fork.

How to distinguish a dessert fork from others?

If you are afraid to get lost in the restaurant, prepare for the event in advance. During prolonged multi-component dinners, several forks can be on your table. There are four main varieties. Do not worry, they are different, they can easily be distinguished from each other.

• The dining fork has a traditional shape, a small or medium deflection, large sizes and 4 teeth. It is designed for main courses and is used in the company with a knife.
• The fish fork is smaller and narrower, it has 3 or 4 prongs. This appliance can be paired or used together with a fish knife. It depends on the type of fish and the format of the event. Some dishes are more convenient to eat with two forks.
• Salad is like a small spoon with prongs. It has a curved shape, so it is convenient to scoop up the salad.
• Well, a dessert fork will be served to you when a dessert or a large fruit appears on the table, which must be cut into pieces. Most of these plugs have 3 prongs, but there are also products with two or four.

The dessert fork, the photo of which you see in this article, can be used for most desserts.

Cocktail fork for baking

At some events, which are held in the form of a buffet table, not even ordinary appliances are served. They are a kind of dessert forks, the rightmost tooth of which is sharpened and lengthened. This is done so that you can cut pieces of cake or cake, holding a saucer in your hands. After all, you can not use a knife in this situation. Remember: this device can only be used when the dish is not on the table. If you can sit down and put it, take a knife.

Fruit Fork

Another common type of dessert fork is equipped with only two denticles. They are quite sharp. This plug is designed for fruit and berries. Cakes and cakes do not eat it. If a classic dessert fork with three prongs can be fed to a table on which there is both fruit and baking, then the double-toothed berry fork acts as an additional device. She does not play solo parts at feasts with a lot of dishes.

Serving rules

This device is placed behind the plate, towards the center of the table. Behind her put a dessert spoon. The fork handle is always pointed to the left. A knife for desserts can be put between a fork and a plate or on a dessert saucer, to the left of the main dish.

It is permissible to hold a fork in the right hand, but the absolute majority of dishes for which it is intended can not be eaten accurately without a knife. Therefore, when you use both instruments, keep them as well as the dining rooms: a knife in the right hand, and a fork in the left. An exception may be unless soufflé, salad cocktail from small pieces of fruit and cream, desserts from soft cheese in kremankah. For these airy, delicate dishes, a dessert fork can be used alone. Where this device lies and how to recognize it among the other plugs, you are already in the know. It remains to remember what dishes she eats.

What to eat with a dessert fork

Biscuit, puff pastry, sand cakes and cakes are very crumbly, so do not bite a treat. Cut off a little with a knife, eat with a fork. Watermelons, pineapples and melons when served to the table are cut into large portions, in a bowl they are put one by one. Slices are cut from the piece, also one by one. Bones of watermelon are removed on a plate with a fork and knife. A dessert fork should be in your left hand, do not forget that. Similarly come with grapes. You need to cut the berries in half, select the bones, and place the halves on the fork. Small berries without bones are not eaten with a fork.

Informal atmosphere

It is not always necessary to observe strict ceremonial. For example, if you go on a picnic in the circle of close friends or family members, and it will be served pies and watermelons, dessert forks, spoons and knives can not be used. It is permissible to eat a treat, taking it in hand and biting off small pieces. In this case, do not cut the dainties too large to be convenient to hold in your hand.