Etiquette of Sporks

A silver ice cream fork used with a ramekin dish and matching under plate. Ice cream forks are in the spoon-fork combo family. They are also known as “sporks.” Other similar combination antiques were for eating terrapin and eating from ramekins.

“Ice cream forks are not the only table implements that combine a bowl with prongs. You could pass these off as terrapin forks.

What’s that? Your guests don’t want to eat a gelatinous mass embedded with turtle parts? Miss Manners will try again.

They could be used as ramekin forks. And you don’t even have to catch a ramekin. That can consist of anything baked into an individual dish, such as eggs with breadcrumbs, cheese, bits of meat, whatever you choose. A souffle, if you wish. Or you could enjoy your ice cream, and set out in pursuit of specialized terrapin and ramekin forks. Miss Manners would understand.” – Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, on ramekin forks and other ‘sporks’ in 2013

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