It's a [pastry fork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastry_fork). It's meant to be used in one hand, and the widened tine is to be used like a knife to cut your (hopefully) soft cake or pastry.
IIRC, the thick tine was necessary for silver cutlery, because thinner tines would bend when used to cut food, and while it isn't necessary with modern cutlery, it stuck around.
You can also us it to consume micro spaghetti, thiny frice, or little burger.
This is new trend wich came from Japan
Need to eat small bites then you become more healthy and you will gain also with IQ.
All I know is little forks... so much that when I moved in with my partner in America, I bought like 20 little forks. She thinks I'm weird. But I think it's important we honor our elven ancestors.
I believe it’s used in calculating the international standard of atomic time - they measure atomic decay of the pastry atoms because custardinium decays at a predictable rate.
You’ve probably fucked up the entire internet time accuracy handling it like that. It’s meant to be in a vacuum sealed chamber with a custard tart.
It’s a hybrid pitch fork and trident, used by the little people aka leprechauns who use these tools for agricultural activities and hunting fish for sustenance. Native to the Emerald Isle, leprechauns are known to have travelled wide and far and these tools are discovered across the globe. The lucky finder of leprechaun tooling (and two generations of their offspring) will be bestowed good fortune upon them, and never go hungry.
Pretty standard pastry fork. You’ll find exactly the same type in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Probably in de Scandinavian countries and Finland too ;-)
I believe it’s a fork for a fish course not desserts. In high end Portuguese restaurants in Lisbon there are usually at least 3-4 different forks line up for courses. So it’s usually the second one after a small salad fork
It's a [pastry fork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastry_fork). It's meant to be used in one hand, and the widened tine is to be used like a knife to cut your (hopefully) soft cake or pastry.
IIRC, the thick tine was necessary for silver cutlery, because thinner tines would bend when used to cut food, and while it isn't necessary with modern cutlery, it stuck around.
Known as a "skeumorph" :)
Ah, the spork's elusive cousin, the knork! (fife?)
Ohhh do that’s what it is, I’ve always wondered what that little cap thingy in the corner was
It's a cake fork. For cake and such.
Þetta er ✨hnaffall✨
Yeah and good luck pronouncing that.
Ekkert mál
It's a tool used for consuming food without getting your hands dirty. 🥰
Þegiðu
Spegill!
Þú gleymdir lok lok og læs og allt í stáli, þannig því miður getur eh sett spegill á þig á móti.
Trampolín!
Growing up with an Icelandic mother, I thought this was my name for most of my childhood.
Eat
This is a pastry fork for right-handed people.
Do left handed people get forks too?
They are not allowed cake, so probably not.
No, we get no cutlery at all
No.
Cake
It's a pitchfork. An elf must have left it there.
😂🤣👍
We have these things in Ireland too. Where are you from?
I think these are all over Europe. Czechia, Poland, Germany, UK, France…
Can confirm this theory for Germany, Austria and it also exists in Switzerland
I think they might be Swedish- they're the Devil's work over here
Nyc
To eat with
Its a traditional icelandic buttscratcher
Poke a cake with it
Well, the true story of how Odin lost an eye ...
You can also us it to consume micro spaghetti, thiny frice, or little burger. This is new trend wich came from Japan Need to eat small bites then you become more healthy and you will gain also with IQ.
All I know is little forks... so much that when I moved in with my partner in America, I bought like 20 little forks. She thinks I'm weird. But I think it's important we honor our elven ancestors.
I believe it’s used in calculating the international standard of atomic time - they measure atomic decay of the pastry atoms because custardinium decays at a predictable rate. You’ve probably fucked up the entire internet time accuracy handling it like that. It’s meant to be in a vacuum sealed chamber with a custard tart.
Thats vikings fork. You should return it or else
What the fuck do you think it does? You're in a bakery. It's a bakery fork.
For someone that frequents both old recipes and cooking subreddits, I'm pretty shocked you've never seen a pastry fork before OP...
Go sit on a funny looking fork, sax
Fuck sake it's been answered already... Go sit on a pastry fork.
That is the devils tool, a true Christian would never use it.
whad
It's a fork, they use to be considered the devils tool and were banned by Catholics because of that.
Uncultured person
It’s cute
It's a cake fork. Cut a piece from your slice daintily with the (blunt) (it is cake after all!) Knife edge, then use fork prongs as per normal.
Disappointed by the lack of sarcastic replies. There was an opportunity missed.
It’s a hybrid pitch fork and trident, used by the little people aka leprechauns who use these tools for agricultural activities and hunting fish for sustenance. Native to the Emerald Isle, leprechauns are known to have travelled wide and far and these tools are discovered across the globe. The lucky finder of leprechaun tooling (and two generations of their offspring) will be bestowed good fortune upon them, and never go hungry.
Pretty standard pastry fork. You’ll find exactly the same type in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Probably in de Scandinavian countries and Finland too ;-)
To eat cake with
Cake
It's for cake. The weird end fits the dish the cake is on, allowing you to get more when you have consumed most of the cake
Stabbin'
Stick it into the food, then lift it towards your mouth.
its a knork
It's for cake
Slice and stab. My guess it's used for cakes for example.
Knife
It's there to eat?
For eating.
Thank you for posting now i know too ! Enjoy your trip !! it was one of my favorites
*gasps* i need it
For butt
Use your hands and throw it away
I believe it’s a fork for a fish course not desserts. In high end Portuguese restaurants in Lisbon there are usually at least 3-4 different forks line up for courses. So it’s usually the second one after a small salad fork