Eating utensil etiquette the right side, the tines nested in the bowl of a spoon. Setting the knife and fork handles in a 5 and 7 o'clock position with the fork tines turned downwards on the plate is used to indicate to the server or host that the diner has not yet finished with the meal, while placing them together, with the fork tines turned up and the blade of the knife facing inwards, is used to indicate that the diner has finished. Eating utensil etiquette Eating utensil etiquette covers the prescriptive systems of rules, etiquette, in various cultures for using eating utensils.
Kitchen utensil until they were like mirrors hung in rows". The 19th century, particularly in the United States, saw an explosion in the number of kitchen utensils available on the market, with many labour-saving devices being invented and patented throughout the century. Maria Parloa's "Cook Book and Marketing Guide" listed a "minimum" of 139 kitchen utensils without which a contemporary kitchen would not be considered properly furnished. Parloa wrote that "the homemaker will find [that] there is continually something new to be bought". A growth in the range of kitchen utensils available can be traced through the growth in the range of