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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 564246, member: 2844"]Ah, probably an American thing. I am European, we wouldn't put a fork (that was the finnicky thing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />) on a soup spoon, but next to it. Different courses. And to us roundish spoons are for certain desserts where small dessert spoons wouldn't work.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Europe cocktail forks are for small pre-dinner snacks, not taken at the table. Amuses are taken at the table. That is another difference with the US I guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 564246, member: 2844"]Ah, probably an American thing. I am European, we wouldn't put a fork (that was the finnicky thing :D) on a soup spoon, but next to it. Different courses. And to us roundish spoons are for certain desserts where small dessert spoons wouldn't work. In Europe cocktail forks are for small pre-dinner snacks, not taken at the table. Amuses are taken at the table. That is another difference with the US I guess.[/QUOTE]
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