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Edible tableware such as cups, bowls, plates and platters prepared using sugar paste have been in use since at least the Elizabethan era and edible tableware was considered a sign of wealth. [12] In 1562, a recipe for edible tableware and cutlery, such as knives, forks, chopsticks and spoons, was published by Alexius Pedemontanus .
French travelling set of cutlery, 1550–1600, Victoria and Albert Museum An example of modern cutlery, design by architect and product designer Zaha Hadid (2007). Cutlery (also referred to as silverware, flatware, or tableware) includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in Western culture.
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Edible tableware: Varies Tableware, such as plates, glasses, utensils and cutlery, that is edible Egg piercer: Pierces the air pocket of an eggshell with a small needle to keep the shell from cracking during hard-boiling. If both ends of the shell are pierced, the egg can be blown out while preserving the shell (for crafts). Egg poacher
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 other items used for practical as well as decorative purposes.
In some cultures, such as Ethiopian and Indian, hands alone are used or bread takes the place of non-edible utensils.In others, such as Japanese and Chinese, where bowls of food are more often raised to the mouth, little modification from the basic pair of chopsticks and a spoon has taken place.
Trencher table setting. An individual salt dish or squat open salt cellar placed near a trencher was called a "trencher salt". [4]A "trencherman" is a person devoted to eating and drinking, often to excess; one with a hearty appetite, a gourmand.
Disposable tableware was a key part of the business strategy of chain fast food restaurants in the US. In order for the business model to work, fast food chains, notably McDonald's, had to convince consumers [12] through advertising campaigns to carry their own tableware to a waste bins, in order to avoid labor expenses incurred in clearing ...