Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3 sharp
tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking veggies to see
if they are done.
Janet

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
> veggies to see if they are done.
> Janet


Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are called

Jill

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3 sharp
> tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking veggies to see
> if they are done.

We call it a carving fork, but yes, I have and use one.

Serene

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
news
> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3
> sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
> veggies to see if they are done.
> Janet


I prefer a chef's fork.

http://store.thekitchengadget.com/de...hefs-fork.html

Picked one up at a restaurant supply in LA several years ago.


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
>> poking veggies to see if they are done.
>
> We call it a carving fork, but yes, I have and use one.
>
> Serene

Generally, a carving fork is longer. Are you using the short fort or
something about 10 inches long? The reason I'm asking is because it used to
be a common thing to find in the kitchen area of the supermarket and I
haven't seen one for year. Mine is about to pass away. I was able to find
some at Amazon.
Janet

> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>> Janet
>
>
> Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are called
>
>
> Jill

We have several of them also. I didn't know they were called that either.
Found a picture...

http://www.chefsresource.com/lamson-granny-fork.html

jmcquown wrote:
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>> Janet
>
>
> Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are
> called
> Jill

Are you using the short fork or something longer for grilling? Have you had
yours a long time? I'm having a hard time finding one in the stores around
here. I'm going to have to go to Amazon or such.
Janet

Dimitri wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> news
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>> Janet
>
>
> I prefer a chef's fork.
>
> http://store.thekitchengadget.com/de...hefs-fork.html
>
> Picked one up at a restaurant supply in LA several years ago.
>
>
> --
> Old Scoundrel
>
> (AKA Dimitri)

Very nice. Do you use it for the things I mentioned? More?
Janet

Chris Marksberry wrote:
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
>>> poking veggies to see if they are done.
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are
>> called

> We have several of them also. I didn't know they were called that
> either. Found a picture...
>
> http://www.chefsresource.com/lamson-granny-fork.html

I just call them meat forks, I have a couple. Very handy. I have
metal spoons like that, too.

nancy

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>>> veggies to see if they are done.
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are
>> called
>> Jill
>
> Are you using the short fork or something longer for grilling? Have you
> had yours a long time? I'm having a hard time finding one in the stores
> around here. I'm going to have to go to Amazon or such.
> Janet
>

Start prowling around garage or estate sales. I got mine for a dime at a
yard sale. Couldn't do without it now.
-ginny

Janet Bostwick wrote:

> Are you using the short fork or something longer for grilling? Have
> you had yours a long time? I'm having a hard time finding one in the
> stores around here. I'm going to have to go to Amazon or such.

I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
one for inside:

http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq

nancy

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
news
> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3
> sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
> veggies to see if they are done.
> Janet
>

Is this the one you mean?
http://www.cookware.com/asp/show_det...=DT280-GNW1327

I have one like that I got at Wal-Mart years and years ago. I use it for
all sorts of things.

Ms P

Dimitri wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> news
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>> Janet
>
>
> I prefer a chef's fork.
>
> http://store.thekitchengadget.com/de...hefs-fork.html
>
> Picked one up at a restaurant supply in LA several years ago.

That's a very pricy fork for stabbing meat or veggies.

Jill

In article > ,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> Or is it just me?
> Janet

It's not just you. Mine's from the Vermont Country Store about 20 years
ago and I use it daily for one thing or another.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
>>> poking veggies to see if they are done.
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are
>> called
>> Jill
>
> Are you using the short fork or something longer for grilling? Have
> you had yours a long time? I'm having a hard time finding one in the
> stores around here. I'm going to have to go to Amazon or such.
> Janet

Well, I don't have a fork specifically made for grill use. It's similar to
the photo Chris Marksberry provided a link for. It's just a longer
two-pronged fork that I use for slicing meat and stabbing at stuff to test
for doneness. Mine is different, though, in that it doesn't have a wooden
handle. It's quite possibly Bakelite. I've had it at least 25 years.

Jill

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> news
> > Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3
> > sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
> > veggies to see if they are done.
> > Janet
>
>
> I prefer a chef's fork.
>
> http://store.thekitchengadget.com/de...hefs-fork.html
>
> Picked one up at a restaurant supply in LA several years ago.

Yahbut my granny fork cost about 1/10 the price of that hummer. Nice
tool, though. That'd go through my finger right nice, I reckon. Ouch!
Don't ask me why I'm so familiar with the concept.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

In article > ,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> Serene Vannoy wrote:
> > Janet Bostwick wrote:
> >> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
> >> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
> >> poking veggies to see if they are done.
> >
> > We call it a carving fork, but yes, I have and use one.
> >
> > Serene
>
> Generally, a carving fork is longer. Are you using the short fort or
> something about 10 inches long? The reason I'm asking is because it used to
> be a common thing to find in the kitchen area of the supermarket and I
> haven't seen one for year. Mine is about to pass away. I was able to find
> some at Amazon.
> Janet


Try the Vermont Country Store, Janet.
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/s...ain.jsp?itemID
=10740&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=granny+fork
(Watch the wrap.) $13.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3
>> sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>
> We call it a carving fork, but yes, I have and use one.
>
> Serene
So do I, have had the same one for more than thirty years now. The only
thing left out of a nice carving set I was gifted with.

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3 sharp
> tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking veggies to see
> if they are done.
> Janet
>
>
I have several, have even deliberately bought some lold ones, and
rarely think to use them. Odd, because I did use them in, say,
the 70s.

--
Jean B.

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
>>> poking veggies to see if they are done.
>> We call it a carving fork, but yes, I have and use one.
>>
>> Serene
>
> Generally, a carving fork is longer. Are you using the short fort or
> something about 10 inches long? The reason I'm asking is because it used to
> be a common thing to find in the kitchen area of the supermarket and I
> haven't seen one for year. Mine is about to pass away. I was able to find
> some at Amazon.
> Janet
>
>
They have them at antiques shops, thrift shops, etc. (Of course,
there is no guarantee that any particular shop will have them.)

--
Jean B.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" >
> news >
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3
>> sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>> Janet
>
> I have a couple of them. I've had them a long time. I had no idea they had
> a name. I find 'em useful to pull a roast out of the pan and putting it on
> the cutting board. I also use them to grill with.
>
> Michael
>
The one I use to grill with is about eighteen inches long, the carving
fork is about twelve inches long. Daughter gave me this neat stainless
grill set years ago, a set of tongs, two spatulas, and the grill fork.
Really handy when the heat is set high.

On Fri 20 Jun 2008 04:32:36p, Janet Bostwick told us...

> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3
> sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
> veggies to see if they are done.
> Janet

Yep, been using one since my very first apartment kitchen.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Friday, 06(VI)/20(XX)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
'Awright, hold it...where's the mutant
repellent?' -Bloom County
-------------------------------------------

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
> Dimitri wrote:
>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>>> veggies to see if they are done.
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> I prefer a chef's fork.
>>
>> http://store.thekitchengadget.com/de...hefs-fork.html
>>
>> Picked one up at a restaurant supply in LA several years ago.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Old Scoundrel
>>
>> (AKA Dimitri)
>
> Very nice. Do you use it for the things I mentioned? More?
> Janet


Along with 2 different size (length) professional tongs I sue them to handle
99% of all the food I handle.

Potatoes I squeeze with my fingers - yes they're hot but for the micro
second I don't burn my fingers.


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in
news
> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and
> has 2 or 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for
> peeling or poking veggies to see if they are done.
> Janet

Yes. In the kitchen and have an older one I use in the garden to
turn the any hard, dry soil.

Great tool.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article > ,
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
>
>> Or is it just me?
>> Janet
>
> It's not just you. Mine's from the Vermont Country Store about 20 years
> ago and I use it daily for one thing or another.
>
Just checked out the one at VCS, and it is exactly what my grandmother
used for years. I might have to get one myself.

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/s...rd=granny+fork

Leonard Blaisdell > wrote in
.
com:

> In article > ,
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
>
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and
>> has 2 or 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for
>> peeling or poking veggies to see if they are done.
>
> Here's the one I have <http://i31.tinypic.com/312cnbl.jpg>
> which my mom got from her mom. It's seven inches long. I test
> all vegetables and chicken with it. Then I give it a break.
> It's old you see. I didn't know it was a granny fork, but I
> ought to have.
>
> leo

Thats beautiful. Thanks for sharing the pic.

I got 2 Lamson Sharp ones with extra long handles 10" or so. Got one 2
tine and one 3 tine. Love them to death. 2 tine is a bit more useful
cause it holds without poking big holes in things. Bought mine off
Amazon, they have both the 7" and 10".

In article > ,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3 sharp
> tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking veggies to see
> if they are done.

Here's the one I have <http://i31.tinypic.com/312cnbl.jpg> which my mom
got from her mom. It's seven inches long. I test all vegetables and
chicken with it. Then I give it a break. It's old you see. I didn't know
it was a granny fork, but I ought to have.

leo

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article > ,
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
>
>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2
>>>> or 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
>>>> poking veggies to see if they are done.
>>>
>>> We call it a carving fork, but yes, I have and use one.
>>>
>>> Serene
>>
>> Generally, a carving fork is longer. Are you using the short fort or
>> something about 10 inches long? The reason I'm asking is because it
>> used to be a common thing to find in the kitchen area of the
>> supermarket and I haven't seen one for year. Mine is about to pass
>> away. I was able to find some at Amazon.
>> Janet
>
>
> Try the Vermont Country Store, Janet.
> http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/s...ain.jsp?itemID
> =10740&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=granny+fork
> (Watch the wrap.) $13.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

Thanks Barb.
Janet

Ms P wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> news
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>> veggies to see if they are done.
>> Janet
>>
>
> Is this the one you mean?
> http://www.cookware.com/asp/show_det...=DT280-GNW1327
>
> I have one like that I got at Wal-Mart years and years ago. I use it
> for all sorts of things.
>
> Ms P

That'll do, but I prefer the 2 tine.. Thanks for the link.
Janet

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article > ,
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
>
>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or
>> poking veggies to see if they are done.
>
> Here's the one I have <http://i31.tinypic.com/312cnbl.jpg> which my
> mom got from her mom. It's seven inches long. I test all vegetables
> and chicken with it. Then I give it a break. It's old you see. I
> didn't know it was a granny fork, but I ought to have.
>
> leo

That's it, mine is very old. It's been used every day for at least 30
years. I think I'll order a couple. Just to eliminate the stress in the
future of thinking I could be without one. ;o}
Janet

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:32:36 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:

>Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or 3 sharp
>tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking veggies to see
>if they are done.

I have a regular (long handled) kitchen fork, two tines.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:49 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:
>
>I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
>one for inside:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq
>

Go to target. They used to package 3 different sizes together: long
(good for bbq grilling), medium (good for stirring pots of spaghetti)
and short. Now it's just a package of medium and short... the long
one is sold separately, if you can find it. The price is unbelievably
cheap (significantly under $10).


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri 20 Jun 2008 09:59:18p, sf told us...

> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:49 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>>
>>I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
>>one for inside:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq
>>
>
> Go to target. They used to package 3 different sizes together: long
> (good for bbq grilling), medium (good for stirring pots of spaghetti)
> and short. Now it's just a package of medium and short... the long
> one is sold separately, if you can find it. The price is unbelievably
> cheap (significantly under $10).

I like these kind of forks, but would never use them to poke at meat on the
grill. I use a long grill spatula or long grill tongs. I also have a long
grill fork which I rarely use. Piercing meat while it's cooking is not
really a good idea. When it's ready to remove from the grill, that's a
different matter.



--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Friday, 06(VI)/20(XX)/08(MMVIII)
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-------------------------------------------
He who always plows a straight furrow
is in a rut.
-------------------------------------------

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:06:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Fri 20 Jun 2008 09:59:18p, sf told us...
>
>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:49 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
>>>one for inside:
>>>
>>>http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq
>>>
>>
>> Go to target. They used to package 3 different sizes together: long
>> (good for bbq grilling), medium (good for stirring pots of spaghetti)
>> and short. Now it's just a package of medium and short... the long
>> one is sold separately, if you can find it. The price is unbelievably
>> cheap (significantly under $10).
>
>I like these kind of forks, but would never use them to poke at meat on the
>grill. I use a long grill spatula or long grill tongs. I also have a long
>grill fork which I rarely use. Piercing meat while it's cooking is not
>really a good idea. When it's ready to remove from the grill, that's a
>different matter.

Did you look at the link?


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri 20 Jun 2008 10:19:34p, sf told us...

> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:06:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri 20 Jun 2008 09:59:18p, sf told us...
>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:49 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
>>>>one for inside:
>>>>
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq
>>>>
>>>
>>> Go to target. They used to package 3 different sizes together: long
>>> (good for bbq grilling), medium (good for stirring pots of spaghetti)
>>> and short. Now it's just a package of medium and short... the long
>>> one is sold separately, if you can find it. The price is unbelievably
>>> cheap (significantly under $10).
>>
>>I like these kind of forks, but would never use them to poke at meat on
>>the grill. I use a long grill spatula or long grill tongs. I also have
>>a long grill fork which I rarely use. Piercing meat while it's cooking
>>is not really a good idea. When it's ready to remove from the grill,
>>that's a different matter.
>
> Did you look at the link?
>
>

No, but I just did. I don't need any more tongs or forks. Have several of
both.

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Friday, 06(VI)/20(XX)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
Trust I seek and I find in you,
everyday to eat something new.
-------------------------------------------

sf wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:49 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>>
>> I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
>> one for inside:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq
>>
>
> Go to target. They used to package 3 different sizes together: long
> (good for bbq grilling), medium (good for stirring pots of spaghetti)
> and short. Now it's just a package of medium and short... the long
> one is sold separately, if you can find it. The price is unbelievably
> cheap (significantly under $10).
>
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the
> number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

Really -- Target, hmmm, Target is out of my general traffic pattern, but
I'll try to plan in that direction. Thanks
Janet

Tamzen Cannoy wrote:
> I got 2 Lamson Sharp ones with extra long handles 10" or so. Got one 2
> tine and one 3 tine. Love them to death. 2 tine is a bit more useful
> cause it holds without poking big holes in things. Bought mine off
> Amazon, they have both the 7" and 10".


It would be helpful if you quoted at least a portion of relevant text so
people would have a clue what post you're replying to

Jill

sf <.> wrote in news
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:06:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri 20 Jun 2008 09:59:18p, sf told us...
>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:49 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I use tongs for grilling. I have a long one for outside and a short
>>>>one for inside:
>>>>
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/5ehplq
>>>>
>>>
>>> Go to target. They used to package 3 different sizes together: long
>>> (good for bbq grilling), medium (good for stirring pots of
>>> spaghetti) and short. Now it's just a package of medium and
>>> short... the long one is sold separately, if you can find it. The
>>> price is unbelievably cheap (significantly under $10).
>>
>>I like these kind of forks, but would never use them to poke at meat
>>on the grill. I use a long grill spatula or long grill tongs. I also
>>have a long grill fork which I rarely use. Piercing meat while it's
>>cooking is not really a good idea. When it's ready to remove from the
>>grill, that's a different matter.
>
> Did you look at the link?
>
>

I'd like to get one of those larger straining spoons that has a spring
around on the outside of the spoon to aide in stiring/whisking.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:44:43 -0500, "Chris Marksberry"
> wrote:

>
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> Or is it just me? A granny fork is about 7 inches long and has 2 or
>>> 3 sharp tines. Useful for holding hot potatoes for peeling or poking
>>> veggies to see if they are done.
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Generally only if I'm grilling. Didn't know that's what they are called
>>
>>
>> Jill
>
>We have several of them also. I didn't know they were called that either.
>Found a picture...
>
>http://www.chefsresource.com/lamson-granny-fork.html
>
>

i've always thought of those as just a 'meat fork.'

your pal,
blake