Too Much Cutlery

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31153, 1 September 1966, Page 2

Too Much Cutlery

When next you complain about the amount of cutlery; that needs cleaning, take al searching look into the knife! and fork drawer and ask your-I self: “Do I really need all I this?” Probably you don’t Our an-1 cestors surrounded themsel-; ves with a veritable armoury i of cutlery asparagus eaters, I oyster forks, ice-cream spoons, j and tea knives, and, although; we have pruned the numbers to some extent there are still I many duplications. Presumably you will replace: your cutlery at some time and | when you do, why buy one of] the smart wooden boxes full of things you probably will never need” All you really need to eat a meal is a serving spoon, which doubles for soup, a dessert spoon, a coffee or tea spoon, and a knife and fork. If you cut down on quantity, it means you can concentrate on quality. Some designers see the day when cutlery will be disposable and fluhg into the dustbin after every meal.