1. A crossbreed between the fork and
the spoon invented in the 1940's to handle a crisis in Japan.
2.
Alternate uses:weapons for countries who can't afford guns, Sporkinator (
action figure), and hang from rear view mirrors
In modern society, it is important to ensure that you do not offend anyone with your spork. So please, only use sporks when the meal calls for them. Serving sporks with no suitable
alternative is not acceptable when soups or sauces are a dominant portion of the meal in question.
As far as placesetting with your spork, simply substitute the dinner fork with the spork, leaving the knife and the salad fork present (eat lettuce with a spork? never!). You may wish to leave the spoon present in case their are "spork-ignorant" guests.
When using a spork to eat
mashed potatoes out of a styrofoam container, it is common courtesy to leave a little "spork waste" at the bottom rather than scrape the styrofoam with the spork to get every last morsel. If you must have every
little bit of potato, please use your finger.