Ladies and gentlemen and Slashfood readers of all ages, put on your thinking caps and direct your attention to the photo at right. It's time to play name that utensil. I'll give everyone a head start, by stating the obvious. As you can see the image of the utensil in question is clearly an antique. What, you say that's not enough of a clue upon which to hang a guess! Fair enough: it's a fork.
Still not enough to go on? This particular mutation of the fork is designed to aid the consumption of a rather messy food of which there are purported to be more than 500 varieties. Check the jump for the answer.I've heard of such baroque dinnerware as the ice cream fork, but this my friends is something much more practical. It's a mango fork. The center tine is designed to be thrust into the wide end of the fruit so that the whole affair can be eaten more or less like a lollipop. All of which is a boon for me, I usually slurp down my mangoes over the sink. Somehow that approach now seems quite gauche. From now on it's a vintage mango fork for me. And not just because it can be wielded as a fearsome weapon.
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5-06-2007 @ 11:08AM
moddoctor said...
Yes, and it appears you can order yours from Emma's Mango Fork and Real Estate Emporium in San Antonio. For real: http://www.mangofork.com/
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5-06-2007 @ 12:41PM
jill said...
I can only imagine the pain that thing could cause to someone's tongue...No thanks, I'll use my fingers.
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5-06-2007 @ 12:48PM
Ines said...
Mango fork
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5-06-2007 @ 12:57PM
Jaden Hair said...
They would make good fondue forks. Just randomly stab your fork in the cheese and see what surprise you come up with.
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5-06-2007 @ 2:06PM
vanessa said...
Also handy for killing zombies!
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5-06-2007 @ 3:20PM
Dave said...
Couldn't this also work for corn on the cob?
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5-07-2007 @ 12:32AM
moonablaze said...
zombie killing FTW!!!!
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