Looks like your comment is being downvoted due to lack of clarity in my note. My apologies!
Well yes, I agree they are sensible but it seems in the USA they are not only typically unknown but seen as pretentious.
E.g. rather than have a butter knife for transferring butter to your plate and then using a regular or smaller but regular style knife for spreading it on your bread, each person (in a typical semi-fancy US restaurant) is issued a butter knife which is used both to retrieve butter and to spread it on your (potentially bitten) bread.
> Looks like your comment is being downvoted due to lack of clarity in my note. My apologies!
I have more than enough karma to take a hit once in a while. No need to apologize :)
> it seems in the USA they are not only typically unknown but seen as pretentious
I live in the US, so I'm finding it surprising that you think these are not the norm. Perhaps I'm self-selecting the people I'm around, or don't pay attention to the people who do these things…
Well yes, I agree they are sensible but it seems in the USA they are not only typically unknown but seen as pretentious.
E.g. rather than have a butter knife for transferring butter to your plate and then using a regular or smaller but regular style knife for spreading it on your bread, each person (in a typical semi-fancy US restaurant) is issued a butter knife which is used both to retrieve butter and to spread it on your (potentially bitten) bread.
And they are learned matters.