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Types of fork
● Asparagus fork
● Barbecue fork
● Beef fork
A fork used for picking up meat.
● Carving fork
A two-pronged fork used to hold meat steady while it is being carved.
● Cheese fork
● Chip fork
A two-pronged disposable fork,usually made out of sterile wood (though increasingly of plastic),specifi cally designed for the eating of chips (known as french fries in North America),fried fish and other takeaway foods.
● Cocktail fork
A small fork resembling a trident,used for spearing cocktail garnishes such as olives.
● Cold meat fork
● Crab fork
A short,sharp and narrow three-pronged or two-pronged fork designed to easily extract meat when consuming cooked crab.
● Dessert fork (alternatively,pudding fork/cake fork in Great Britain)
Any of several different special types of forks designed to eat desserts,such as a pastry fork.
● Dinner fork
● Fish fork
● Fondue fork
A narrow fork,usually having two tines,long shaft and an insulating handle,typically of wood,for dipping bread into a pot containing sauce.
● Fruit salad fork
A fork used which is used to pick up pieces of fruit such as grapes,strawberries,melon and other varies types of fruit.
● Granny Fork
● Ice cream fork
A spoon with flat tines used for some deserts.See spork.
● Knork
● Meat fork
● Olive fork
● Oyster fork
● Pastry fork
● Pickle fork
A long handled fork used for extracting pickles from a jar,or an alternative name for a ball joint separator tool used to unseat a ball joint.
● Pie fork
● Relish fork
● Salad fork
Similar to a regular fork,but may be shorter,or have one of the outer tines shaped differently.
● Sardine fork
● Sporf
A utensil combining characteristics of a spoon,a fork and a knife.
● Spork
A utensil combining characteristics of a spoon and a fork.
● Sucket fork
A utensil with tines at one end of the stem and a spoon at the other.It was used to eat food that would otherwise be messy to eat such as items preserved in syrup.
● Tea fork
● Terrapin fork
A spoon with flat tines used for some soups.See spork.
● Toasting fork
A fork,usually having two tines,very long metal shaft and sometimes an insulating handle,for toasting food over coals or an open flame.
● Novelty forks
Spaghetti fork
● Extension Fork
A long-tined fork with a telescopic handle,allowing for its extension or contraction.
● Spaghetti fork
A fork with a metal shaft loosely fitted inside a hollow plastic handle.