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A variety of eating utensils have been used by people to aid eating when dining. Most societies traditionally use bowls or dishes to contain food to be eaten, but while some use their hands to deliver this food to their mouths, others have developed specific tools for the purpose.
Kitchen utensils in bronze discovered in Pompeii. Illustration by Hercule Catenacci in 1864. Benjamin Thompson noted at the start of the 19th century that kitchen utensils were commonly made of copper, with various efforts made to prevent the copper from reacting with food (particularly its acidic contents) at the temperatures used for cooking, including tinning, enamelling, and varnishing.
French travelling set of cutlery, 1550–1600, Victoria and Albert Museum An example of modern cutlery, design by architect and product designer Zaha Hadid (2007). Cutlery (also referred to as silverware, flatware, or tableware) includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in Western culture.
This utensil typically features a thin edge to assist with slicing, and a large face, to hold the slice whilst transferring to a plate, bowl or other container. Cheese cutter: Designed to cut soft, sticky cheeses (moist and oily). The cutting edge of cheese cutters are typically a fine gauge stainless steel or aluminium wire. Cheese knife
Cooking and eating utensils may refer to: Cookware and bakeware, cooking containers; List of food preparation utensils, food preparation utensils; Cutlery, eating utensils; Chopsticks, used for both cooking and eating in Asian countries
In India, chapati flatbread is used as a utensil to consume sambar and dal. [7] In North and Central America, the tortilla is used as a utensil to scoop various foods such as salsa and bean dips. [8] Foods such as crackers, corn and tortilla chips, crudités, bread and cheese sticks can also be used as edible utensils. [9] [10] [11]
Utensil may refer to: Kitchen utensil, one of the tools of cooking and baking – cookware and bakeware; Eating utensil, a tool for shaping and carrying food to the mouth; A tool, serving a set purpose; Dragon Throne, also called the "divine utensil" – the rhetorical seat of power in the Empire of China (221 BC – 1912)
This is a list of serving utensils.. Knives. Splayd; Sporf; Spife; Knork; Butter knife; Cake and pie server; Spoons. Spork; Caviar spoon; Ladle (spoon) Salt spoon; Scoop (utensil) Slotted spoon