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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.
The word cutler derives from the Middle English word 'cuteler' and this in turn derives from Old French 'coutelier' which comes from 'coutel'; meaning knife (modern French: couteau). [5] The word's early origins can be seen in the Latin word 'culter' (knife).
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.
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
Kitchenware refers to the tools, utensils, appliances, dishes, and cookware used in food preparation and the serving of food. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Kitchenware can also be used to hold or store food before or after preparation.
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
A spoon (UK: / ˈ s p uː n /, US: / ˈ s p u n / SPOON) is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mouth (eating). Spoons are ...
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)