In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> Fork: Cast aluminum made in Italy. Very light and strong. The
> times are quite substantial and the backs of them come to a sharp
> point, unlike any other forks I've seen. Great for shredding meats
> and incorporating flour and shortening. It would also cut sheets of
> pasta into ribbons, I suspect. I'm wondering if this fork has a
> special use in the Italian kitchen.
>
> -sw

Cool fork! Perhaps it is a pastry blending fork. My first thought was
simply a large meat fork for serving -- I have a couple but not with
sharp on the back of the tines.

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