Thank you Itsme
SarcyMare What sort of thing was offered for dessert? A whole apple? I'd even want to cut that into four or six with a serrated knife.
In my book, I eat with the spoon but use the fork to push things onto the spoon if it's not easy to pick up food with just the spoon. If I want to cut up a strawberry before eating it, I hold it with the fork and cut with the spoon.
Pagwatch I like tapioca, too. I serve it up when I have guests round (I don't tell them what the pudding is though until it's on the table and then they draw on memories and call it frogspawn). Sometimes I give them semolina to finish up packets in the kitchen cupboards but I wouldn't be allowed to put that dish title on here.
Gamerchick You use the dessert fork in the same way that you use the knife for a main course. It's there to help to manipulate the food to the right position to eat. When you lift the dessert spoon to your mouth, the fork rests in your - presumably left - hand, level but pointing downwards over your dish / bowl/ whatever.
I cannot believe that there are people on here who do not know what a dessert fork is for so make fun of it!
ShatnersBassoon I have several sporks. they were given away free so many years ago by Vesta dried meals.