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Shambala

(207 posts) Sun May 18, 2025, 12:19 PM May 18

Fork etiquette question [View all]

I hope this is the right forum for this question but it's been bugging me since lunch yesterday.

When you have a salad as an entree (nicoise in my case yesterday), do you use the salad fork or the entree fork? Neither the waitress nor her co-workers knew and a quick internet search didn't help either.

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Fork etiquette question [View all] Shambala May 18 OP

Try Emily Historic NY May 18 #1

Excellent tip Bernardo de La Paz May 18 #4

TIL there is a Salad Knife JoseBalow May 18 #13

Still a salad... 2naSalit May 18 #2

Yet it was also an entree Shambala May 18 #5

Salad fork is designed for salad Bobstandard May 18 #9

Salad entrees are large enough to benefit from the main course fork if they are the main course Bernardo de La Paz May 18 #3

Sounds like the answer is Shambala May 18 #6

Ideally, the appetizer forks are removed after that course, leaving only the entree fork, so, no confusion unblock May 18 #7

Match the fork to the food splat May 18 #8

That acutally crossed my mind Shambala May 18 #11

I would say feed it to the rabbit..... lastlib May 18 #10

I like your thinking Shambala May 18 #12

Technically, the wait staff should have removed the extra fork. yardwork May 18 #14

That's a good point. Shambala May 18 #15

my late mom told me eat in , out . AllaN01Bear May 18 #16