Dessert Spoon & Fork on the Dinner Table
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Dessert Spoon & Fork on the Dinner Table
The DESERT SPOON and FORK are above the plate, the idea being: These are the last pieces of table silver to be used, after the plate liner and all other silverware are removed. The distance of the cutlery - excluding the dessert silverware - from the table's edge should be about a thumb's width, but never more than an inch.
The idea of having the main course's table silver closest to the plate and the appetizer knife and fork the furthest away from the plate is to allow the guest to use knives, forks and spoons from the outside in, as each course is served. In addition to the silverware mentioned a plate for bread is placed to the left just next to the outer fork. On to this bread plate I put the butter knife with the cutting edge pointing left.
helmut schonwalder 12-14-2002
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