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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4355473, member: 111"]Though it's often easy to discern if the household was Jewish, can't really <i>know</i> that items found at an estate sale were used as a 'bagel and lox set'. Have spent considerable time in my life around those of the Jewish faith, pretty sure they've all eaten cake, cheese, pastries, jellies, and possibly sardines (no personal experience with sharing those) - see no reason to believe their serving pieces wouldn't have been used for their intended purposes, and like anyone, whatever else struck their fancy as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, not sure why you'd need that long wide blade intended for picking up a slice of cake for a bagel, also not sure why the wide tapered blade of the cheese server, intended to lift slices or chunks of cheese, would be better for cream cheese than a nice rounded butter spreader, nor does the sardine fork, intended to lift relatively rigid whole dripping fish from a can or dish seem particularly appropriate for thin slices of lox - I use my fingers at home, but when offered by others, usually picked up with tongs or a smallish fork and draped onto my bagel...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4355473, member: 111"]Though it's often easy to discern if the household was Jewish, can't really [I]know[/I] that items found at an estate sale were used as a 'bagel and lox set'. Have spent considerable time in my life around those of the Jewish faith, pretty sure they've all eaten cake, cheese, pastries, jellies, and possibly sardines (no personal experience with sharing those) - see no reason to believe their serving pieces wouldn't have been used for their intended purposes, and like anyone, whatever else struck their fancy as well. Frankly, not sure why you'd need that long wide blade intended for picking up a slice of cake for a bagel, also not sure why the wide tapered blade of the cheese server, intended to lift slices or chunks of cheese, would be better for cream cheese than a nice rounded butter spreader, nor does the sardine fork, intended to lift relatively rigid whole dripping fish from a can or dish seem particularly appropriate for thin slices of lox - I use my fingers at home, but when offered by others, usually picked up with tongs or a smallish fork and draped onto my bagel... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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