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2. Charger (table setting) - Wikipedia

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   The word "charger" originated around 1275–1325 from the Middle English "chargeour", coming itself from the latin word carricare, meaning “to load". [citation needed] Formerly, a charger signified either a large platter or a large, shallow dish for liquids. [2] They are usually larger than most common dinner plates.

3. Tableware - Wikipedia

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   Tableware. Formal dining table laid for a large private dinner party at Chatsworth House. Table laid for six at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, (18th–19th century fashion) Tableware items are the dishware and utensils used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. The term includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, serving utensils, and ...

4. Blue-plate special - Wikipedia

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   A blue-plate special is a discount-priced meal that changes daily. The practice was common from the 1920s in American and Canadian restaurants through the 1950s, especially in diners and greasy spoons . As of 2007, there are still a few restaurants and diners that offer blue-plate specials under that name, sometimes on blue plates, but it is a ...

5. Plate (dishware) - Wikipedia

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   Plate (dishware) Typical Chinese plate or dish shape, with narrow lip. Jingdezhen ware, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368. Silver-gilt plate, 1605, from the dinner service of Constance of Austria. Probably used as a charger to place other tableware on. A plate is a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food can be served. [1]

6. Table setting - Wikipedia

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   Utensils in the outermost position are to be used first (for example, a soup spoon or a salad fork, later the dinner fork and the dinner knife). The blades of the knives are turned toward the plate. Glasses are placed an inch (2.5 cm) or so above the knives, also in the order of use: white wine, red wine, dessert wine, and water tumbler.

7. Polterabend - Wikipedia

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   Polterabend (Polish: pultrować) is a German and to a lesser extent Polish, Austrian and Swiss wedding custom in which, on the night before the wedding, the guests break porcelain to bring luck to the couple's marriage. The belief in the effectiveness of this custom is expressed by the old adage: "Shards bring luck" (German: Scherben bringen ...