On Jan 31, 5:35*pm, "Wallace" > wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>
> m...
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> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> >> Cool fork! *Perhaps it is a pastry blending fork. *My first thought was
> >> simply a large meat fork for serving -- I have a couple but not with
> >> sharp on the back of the tines.
>
> > I don't know if it was designed to be a pastry blending fork but it sure
> > looks like the one I use for pastry.
>
> I looked on the web and did not find a fork like that. *I'd like to have
> one. The ones I found did not have the sharpened rear part of the tines. *I
> did see some forks with widely spaced tines for mixing (they refer to
> beating eggs), but as a utensil for cutting fat into flour when making
> pastry, this one seems ideal. *Where do we buy them?
>
>
Why not just use a pastry blender for cutting fat into flour? The job
will go faster as it's larger and covers much more area.