The difference between a salad fork and a dinner fork.?

Question

Well... the title says it all... Which one is which.? LOL.

Answer 1

A salad fork is shorter than a dinner fork, but 2 dinner forks can also be used.

At a place setting, the forks will be to the left of the plate.  The fork furthest from the plate is salad, and dinner in closest to the plate.  If a third fork is placed, that is for desert.

General rule is to work your way from the outside-in.

Answer 2

the salad fork is the outside fork most of the time

Answer 3

A salad fork in wider and has shorter tines...which are better at stabbing lettuce and such

A dinner fork in narrower and has longer tines...which are better at stabbing food.

Maybe

Answer 4

i think salad forks are smaller and look like sporks?

Answer 5

Nothing. It's a scam invented by the dishwashers' union to create more dirty silverware to help them keep their jobs.