On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:32:11 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 Gary wrote:
>
>>On 3/30/2021 4:47 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> On 30/03/2021 00:24, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Those little forks can be used for a lot of things. Another seafood
>>>> related use is to loosen the meat of raw oysters, clams and scallops
>>>> once the shells are opened.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> ====
>>>
>>> Thanks I never knew The ones I have belonged to my Grandmother)
>>>
>>> I have never used them for anything) It is good to know though)
>>
>>Sell the worthless tiny forks. Normal people use a knife to separate the
>>shellfish meat from the shell. And the scallops that you eat is only
>>that muscle, not the rest of the body.
>>
>>Jill nicely helped you with your killfiles but she doesn't know much
>>about fresh seafood. She also said it's good for shrimp but she doesn't
>>like or eat shrimp. No tiny forks to open or eat shrimp...hello?
>>
>>IMO, those cute tiny forks are not meant for any seafood.
>>Wait for it though...Cindy will google them and tell us what they are
>>meant to be used for.
>>
>>I would guess for small things like olives.
>
>Growing up those tiny forks were known as olive/pickle forks... for
>retriving olives from a narrow bottle and the same for gherkins (tiny
>cukes) also good for retrieving cocktail onions. I don't ever
>remember them used for shellfish... I frequented more clam/oyster bars
>than I can count and never saw those forks... those mollusks are
>served on the half shell and they are simply slurped along with the
>juice and any condiments; lemon/hot sauce. Shrimp are served
>deveined/cooked with the shell removed except for the tail which
>serves as the eater's handle.

See 14 kinds of forks https://www.homestratosphere.com/types-of-forks/
then check out Cocktail Fork. This fork is supposedly used for
olives etc. as well as seafood. I learned that I don't want to set a
formal table.
Janet US