Last night a friend and I were eating at a very expensive seafood restaurant.
When we sat down, we had the standard knife, two forks, spoon, and butter knife.
After we placed our order, which did not include a soup, the spoons were taken away.
When our entrees arrived, scallops for her, seared tuna steak for me, the waiter brought us each a spoon like object.
It was shaped like a spoon, except it was flat and one side of it, it had a small notch.
I thought the waiter said, “Here are your sauce spoons,” but we were too embarrassed to ask again.
We didn’t use them and after we were finished, they were whisked away from us.
Well, a fish knife has a wide, rounded, dull blade with a notch on the side opposite the blade, so that’s a strong possibility, except for the phrase you thought you heard. Also, she shouldn’t get a fish knife for scallops - if anything, an oyster fork, I would think.
Having thought about this a few minutes, I think that the fish knife is used - or offered - for lifting out sets of fish bones from the flesh. The flat oval area is good for slipping under a few bones, or if you’re lucky, the whole set- then the hook thingy pushes the set of bones upwards and away from the flesh. Just WAG.
I’ve seen those at some of the fancier restaurants I frequent. One of the more elite, KFC, calls them ‘sporks.’ Pocket a few extra next time you are out - they are great for taking on camping trips.
KFC still has sporks? The ones around here give you a spoon, a fork and a napkin in a hermetically-sealed plastic packet. I wish they still had sporks.
It was fairly close to the knife depicted in the second link, so I would say that I had some weird sort of fish knife. I don’t feel bad that I didn’t use it as my dish didn’t really require it. There were no bones to take out and I could cut the tuna with a regular knife.
Maybe your KFC is set to stealth-spork, like the ones around here. If you just order, they give you a plastic packet. But if you ask… the joy of sporks can be yours!
If it really is like the one that I go to, the teen at the counter will heave a heavy sigh before he bends over to scoop out a couple of sporks from the spork coral that is kept under the counter…and you’d better check your order!
