Re: What is it? XLVI

Hi, Glenna Rose.

Sounds similar to the one my mother has. Sometimes, if you have an awkward
shaped piece of meat, such as a whole ham, it's easier to carve taking
horizontal slices, rather than the more usual vertical ones. To do this,
most right-handed people would stab the fork in horizontally from the left,
hold it in their left hand, then carve towards it from right to left with
the knife. In this situation you are working the cutting edge towards your
left, and if the knife slips, it's apt to ride up the fork and be guided by
it straight into your left hand.

If you hinge up the little guard, it will stop the knife reaching your hand
in the event of a slip.

HTH

Frank


"Glenna Rose" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] writes:
>>New what is it question.
>>
>>I bought a meat fork at a yard sale. It also came with a knife. The
>>fork
>>has two tines. Both items have nice bone or antler handles. They look
>>like
>>they are probably fifty years old.
>>
>>On the meat fork, there is a folding thingus just up from the handle. It
>>moves ninety degrees. It is wishboned shape just like the meat fork. It
>>folds up or down. When folded down, it lays along the handle. When
>>folded
>>up, it is at a ninety to the handle. When it is folded up, you can sit
>>the
>>fork down, and the two points of the wishbone and the end of the horn
>>handle
>>keep the two tines off the surface you sit it on. This is the only use I
>>can think of for the moveable piece.
>>
>>Is that what it is used for, or does the piece have another/other uses?
>
> If it's like ours, it's far older than 50 years. Ours was given to us by
> my husband's mother; it had been passed down to her from her grandmother.
> I'd be curious as to what yours looks like. Do you have photos?
>
> Glenna
>