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Knives, forks, and spoons
By admin | January 18, 2009
Knives, forks and spoons – the perfect companion to your dinnerware. The dinnerware industry calls knives, forks, and spoons – flatware. Which I always thought was odd, for none of the pieces are flat. But that’s how it goes.
Industry facts about flatware or knives, forks, and spoons.
- Usually people change their dinnerware more often than they change their flatware, i.e. knives, forks, and spoons.
- Stainless steel is the most popular material for flatware.
- Stainless steel is stainless, not stain proof. All stainless steel flatware can get spots.
Flatware set information:
- The usual basic flatware sets are 20 piece sets, which contain 4 each of dinner fork, salad fork, knife, teaspoon, tablespoon.
- To save money and follow the more casual dining trend that America has adopted in the past 25 years, the industry created a 16 piece set, with 4 each of dinner fork, knife, teaspoon, tablespoon.
- The best value set of flatware is almost ALWAYS the 45 or 46 piece set.
- The price of a 45 or 46 piece set is usually the same price as two 20 piece sets, so in effect, you are getting 5 or 6 extra pieces for free.
- A 45 or 46 piece set contains 8 each of dinner fork, salad fork, knife, teaspoon, tablespoon, and 5 serving pieces. The serving pieces vary by manufacturer, which mayinclude a meat fork, a serving spoon, a slotted or pierced serving spoon, a gravy ladle, sugar spoon, and butter knife.
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