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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| Good silver requires a lot of care. But how much do we use the good silverware these days? Do we really need separate ice cream spoons? Do coffee spoons and tea spoons have to be different? And why doesn't the cream soup spoon work in non-cream soups? And why do we need a separate serving spoon for mayonnaise? Shrimp forks, pickle forks, iced tea spoons, grapefruit spoons, etc. A properly set table has a long line of silver on the left and one on the right, depending on what's being served, and how many courses. The answer is two-fold. It was good business for the silversmith to convince you that you had to buy an 8 or 12 place setting of all these extra pieces. But for the one doing the buying or handing down to the next generation, it was a symbol of your wealth. The more you had in your bank accounts, the more silver you displayed for your guests on the table. Today's generations hardly know how to set a table. They really don't want to inherit Grandma's silver any more. They want the money instead. A lot of older women that I know are going through their belongings so that they can downsize, or move into senior communities because their husbands can't climb stairs anymore. Silverware is one of the things they're discovering their children just don't want. So some of them are selling it now. It's probably going to be melted down. But a few good pieces are bringing them some big bucks. I hadn't considered that before. Why leave them something they don't want or can't use? This culture doesn't have the same values as the generation before me, or before them. I always wanted the nice stuff but never had it. I've lived this long without it, and have no one to impress. So I guess I'm glad I never put the money into it. I didn't come from a rich family. We certainly didn't have any pretensions. I probably wanted more formality and good manners than my family used. But I have noticed that even women of my generation don't know what to do with their napkins, or their knives, even with just the basic service setting. Just a sign of the changing times. There are more important things in life than your mannerisms at the diner table. Not throwing your food or swearing while at the table may just be a good enough. |
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