Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

[venta]

Can anyone tell me what they consider to be the defining characteristic (if any) of a fish fork ?

Incidentally, I too can use google. I want to know what you, yourself, with your own mind think constitutes a fish fork.

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[narenek.livejournal.com]

Made of silver or at the very least silver plated and quite delicate.

IIRC boring old steel (not stainless steel) would react badly with somethingorother in the fish and go black and make the fish taste bad, so you made them out of silver so they wouldn't react.

Partly because of this fish forks also tend to be small and delicate (fish generally not needing highly robust cutlery and silver being expensive).

[venta.livejournal.com]

ach maintained today that it's the lemon juice you put on fish that was the problem.

The silver being pricier than steel/pewter/etc causing the forks to be smaller isn't something that'd occurred to me, but it's a good thought.