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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 4314941, member: 182"]The butter knives are sometimes referred to as a Master Butter Knife. It's the one that goes on/with the butter dish, as opposed to the smaller individual butter knives at the place setting which you use to spread butter on a roll. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe you use the master butter to take a pat or two from the butter and drop it onto your bread plate. Then you use your own smaller butter knife to put butter on a roll or biscuit. None of this is still being done by most people these days. At least in the home, sometimes at a swanky restaurant you might still see these pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 4314941, member: 182"]The butter knives are sometimes referred to as a Master Butter Knife. It's the one that goes on/with the butter dish, as opposed to the smaller individual butter knives at the place setting which you use to spread butter on a roll. I believe you use the master butter to take a pat or two from the butter and drop it onto your bread plate. Then you use your own smaller butter knife to put butter on a roll or biscuit. None of this is still being done by most people these days. At least in the home, sometimes at a swanky restaurant you might still see these pieces.[/QUOTE]
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