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Butter knife
Twice in the last couple weeks I've heard butter knife used on tv. Tonight on George Lopez he said, as he lifted his shirt, "Do you want to see how much damage a butter knife can do if there's enough hate behind it?"
What do they mean by butter knife? The ones with the short blade that is at an obtuse angle to the handle?
Or the ones that come with forks and spoons in a set of silverware that aren't nearly as sharp as steak knives with serrated teeth, or paring knives with steel blades that aren't silver plated? That's what we called a butter knife, but I thought no one else did.
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Brooklyn NY 12 years
now in Baltimore 20 years
What do they mean by butter knife? The ones with the short blade that is at an obtuse angle to the handle?
Or the ones that come with forks and spoons in a set of silverware that aren't nearly as sharp as steak knives with serrated teeth, or paring knives with steel blades that aren't silver plated? That's what we called a butter knife, but I thought no one else did.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
now in Baltimore 20 years
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[nq:1]Twice in the last couple weeks I've heard butter knife used on tv. Tonight on George Lopez he said, as ... steel blades that aren't silver plated?
- [nq:1]Twice in the last couple weeks I've heard butter knife used on tv.
- Tonight on George Lopez he said, as ...
- steel blades that aren't silver plated?
- [/nq] A butter knife is a short knife with a rounded tip, no sharpness to the edge, and most (but not all) have a bend between the handle and the blade that makes one extremely difficult to manipulate by a left-hander.
- Our sterling silver set has sterling silver butter knives for each place setting.
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[nq:1]Twice in the last couple weeks I've heard butter knife used on tv. Tonight on George Lopez he said, as ... steel blades that aren't silver plated? That's what we called a butter knife, but I thought no one else did.[/nq]
A butter knife is a short knife with a rounded tip, no sharpness to the edge, and most (but not all) have a bend between the handle and the blade that makes one extremel
A butter knife is a short knife with a rounded tip, no sharpness to the edge, and most (but not all) have a bend between the handle and the blade that makes one extremel
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Tony Cooper schrieb:
[nq:1]If the butter is served on a plate with a butter knife, that butter knife is used only to transfer ... your bread plate. You don't use it to butter your bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?
Just wondering
Michael
It's silly talking about how many years we wi
[nq:1]If the butter is served on a plate with a butter knife, that butter knife is used only to transfer ... your bread plate. You don't use it to butter your bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?
Just wondering
Michael
It's silly talking about how many years we wi
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[nq:1]Tony Cooper schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
For me too, a butter-knife is a small blunt thing which lives with the butter-dish. (The one I never use has a decoratively-shaped brass blade with worn-out silver plating
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
For me too, a butter-knife is a small blunt thing which lives with the butter-dish. (The one I never use has a decoratively-shaped brass blade with worn-out silver plating
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[nq:1]Tony Cooper schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. The knife that's used to spread chocolate icing on a cake is most definitely lickable. That was always the best part of it when my mother made cake
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. The knife that's used to spread chocolate icing on a cake is most definitely lickable. That was always the best part of it when my mother made cake
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[nq:1]Tony Cooper schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes them taste quite funny
But it keeps them on the knife
Ray
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes them taste quite funny
But it keeps them on the knife
Ray
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[nq:1]I have a case of little round-ended blunt silver knives with jade-green handles, and have never worked out what on ... butter-knives? Or are you meant to use them to cut petits fours in half so as not to appear greedy?[/nq]
Could they be paté knives?
http://www.superartisticbc
Could they be paté knives?
http://www.superartisticbc
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Tony Cooper schrieb:
[nq:2]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. The knife that's used to spread chocolate icing on a cake is most definitely lickable.[/nq]
Ah, ok, I see what you mean. That's done in the kitchen, so other rules apply than at the table.
I now remember a TV ad with tennis ace Boris Becker who endorsed a nu
[nq:2]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. The knife that's used to spread chocolate icing on a cake is most definitely lickable.[/nq]
Ah, ok, I see what you mean. That's done in the kitchen, so other rules apply than at the table.
I now remember a TV ad with tennis ace Boris Becker who endorsed a nu
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Michael Mendelsohn schrieb:
[nq:1]I now remember a TV ad with tennis ace Boris Becker who endorsed a nutty bread spread; he had a ... nutella spreader and offered it for sale; it has the brand name embossed on it, and no sharp edges whatsoever.[/nq]
Found a picture of the knife in question; this limited edition model in the picture has Becker's name on it.
[nq:1]I now remember a TV ad with tennis ace Boris Becker who endorsed a nutty bread spread; he had a ... nutella spreader and offered it for sale; it has the brand name embossed on it, and no sharp edges whatsoever.[/nq]
Found a picture of the knife in question; this limited edition model in the picture has Becker's name on it.
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[nq:1]Tony Cooper schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
"I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife." (Anon.)
Chris Green
[nq:2]If the butter is served on a plate with a ... bread, and you are really not encouraged to lick it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there any kind of knife that you would encourage me to lick?[/nq]
"I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife." (Anon.)
Chris Green
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[nq:2]I have a case of little round-ended blunt silver knives ... petits fours in half so as not to appear greedy?[/nq]
[nq:1]Could they be paté knives?[/nq]
http://www.superartisticbc.ca/i516 1858-Accessories-Pate-Knife.php?start=0&lmid=516&cid=245
Very like that.
[nq:1]Could they be paté knives?[/nq]
http://www.superartisticbc.ca/i516 1858-Accessories-Pate-Knife.php?start=0&lmid=516&cid=245
Very like that.
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