I made dinner for my kids’ grandmother and I  handed her a fork.

She said ‘oh no, may I have a fork with four prongs please?’

Thinking I had just shown myself up,  and wasted my fathers hard earned money spent on me for boarding school, I immediately changed her fork.

After she left I had to look in my cutlery drawer to see which types of forks I have. True enough the fork with the four prongs felt more substantial , perhaps due to it being heavier?  I honestly had never given it any thought!

I am not a Southern debutante with training in etiquette,  only a Scotswomen from Falkirk,  but I generally know which piece of silverware to use.

I can recognize the cake fork, shrimp fork , salad fork , and  fruit fork etc.

I turned to the great Internet , and the ever trusted Wikipedia for my answers on the history of forks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork

I had no forking idea!!