Fork

Fork Lift
A vehicle with a horizontal fork in front for lifting and moving loads; a fork lift truck.
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A fork is one of the more interesting food utensils. It's pointy prongs make picking food up off of your plate easier. However, did you know that a fork can do more than that?

Using fork, prick holes uniformly. Bake 350° F for 15 minutes. Cool and store in airtight container.
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Using a fork on a small scale in the rooting zone to reduce compaction by pushing the fork into the ground and pulling back to break the soil to loosen the structure. It is important to do this carefully as not to damage the roots.

Tongue and Fork
A joint in which one timber has the shape of a two-prong fork and the other a tongue that fits between the prongs.
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This garden pitch fork worked quite well for removing just the top layer of shingles, making it much easier to carry them to the edge of the roof for disposal.
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They're rooted in two tradition-bound concepts: first, cutlery is laid out in order of food presentation, so guests shouldn't have to guess which fork or spoon is appropriate to the course before them; and second, most diners are right-handed.

The flatware usually includes dinner knife, dinner fork, dinner spoon, salad fork and soup spoon.

Let kids use a disposable fork to scoop the strings out of the paint. They can wear disposable gloves to retrieve the strings.

Fix nicks and scratches: When keys are tossed or a fork is dropped on a finished wood surface, the marks left behind are especially obvious if the stain is scraped off and the lighter wood beneath it is revealed.

Hold the plant upright with a spading fork while you tamp the loose dirt around the roots (see image). Always set the shrub or tree about 2" lower in the ground than it was originally set before replanting.

You may well pay less in the long term by opting for a separate electrical system rather than having to fork out a large lump sum for a new boiler, which may be only part way through its useful life.

Standard eating utensils include a fork, a knife and a spoon. For more elaborate meals, you may also include a butter knife, a soup spoon and a dessert fork.

The short handled version of the fork is perfect for fine work in tight spaces. It opens the top surface of the soil, clears or skims the topsoil, dislodging sprouted weeds.

Peens vary in design; the most common hammer is the claw hammer, in which the peen is shaped like a two-prong, curved fork. This claw design is most useful for pulling nails. Similarly, a rip hammer has a two-prong, straight fork.

The five-piece fine flatware set includes a dinner fork, a dinner knife, a dessert spoon, a dessert fork and a teaspoon, measuring up to 9 1/2 inches long. Buy the Pewter Flatware set for $98 at Williams Sonoma Home.

Be prepared to fork over the money. These heaters easily cost twice as much as the conventional tank heater, but they last years longer. Not to mention the savings on your electrical or gas bill--they cost mere dollars to operate each month.

A spreader is simply a piece of wood or plastic with a fork on each end. One end goes against the tree trunk and the other against the limb and then is adjusted until it pushes the branch into a 90 degree angle with the tree.

Or that Uncle Sam will fork over up to $1,500 to defray the cost of a pellet stove or water heater? With some 300 changes to the tax code last year alone, keeping up with the latest breaks can be harder than installing your own heat pump.

Above: Fishs Eddy sells Open Stock Flatware by the piece; starting at $1.99 for a salad fork.
Above: CB2 offers stainless steel Party Forks ($9.95), Party Knives ($10.95), and Party Spoons ($9.95) in sets of six.
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Avoid using a silver tarnish dip except for pieces with small intricate cuts or curves or for the tines of a fork. The dips tend to leave a yellowish residue on silver. Also, you won't want all areas to be perfectly shiny.

Vitreous china, same thing your dinnerware's made out of.
[LAUGHTER]
Got a fork —
KELLY:
No eating out of the toilet bowl.
[LAUGHTER]
RON HAZELTON:
Now, this is your new wax ring right here.
KATE:
I can't believe — ...

Let sit for a little bit then scrape with a fork or a clean, used Oral-B Toothbrush. The Silly Putty comes right out.

Each plate and fork, each bowl or napkin have something to contribute to the overall success of the meal. Capturing the very best of IKEA's creativeness and tableware, photographer Carl Kleiner… shows us ...

Here is one that adds a bit more functionality besides spraying salt and pepper: Spoon and fork!
Designed by Enoc Armengol
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We're betting the versatile scoop, weeding fork, patio knife (for digging up those in-between-pavers weeds) and widget (great for transplanting or weeding in a rock garden) will see a lot of action all season long.

If you have flowering iris in your garden, you should divide them every few years to prevent overcrowding and promote blooming. To divide irises, use a gardening fork to gently remove the plants from the ground.

CURL MAHOGANY Wood cut from the fork in branches of a mahogany tree prized for its mottled or feathery grain. Known as crotch mahogany in America.

Pour boiling stock over couscous and mix well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let sit for at least 5 minutes. Use a fork to break up couscous.
2. Stir in pistachios, orange peel, mint, parsley, and lemon zest. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

Believe me, I have torn off more than my share of shingles. Yes, there are specially made tools for the job, but the best I have found is a regular potatoe fork. This has between 4 and 6 flat tines. Have fun!!
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We get tempted to grab that fallen piece of banana bread by sticking a fork into the toaster without first unplugging it. Yes, you know you did something stupid like that once, before you thought better of it.

If you don't get a lot of severe weather then you can get by with asphalt shingles. You'll need to start out with roofing felt and flashing.
Then you can either apply asphalt shingles or fork out extra and install metal roofing.

with excellent woodworking and finishing qualities, mahogany is a red-brown wood closely associated with formal 18th century and Victorian furniture. It's used both as a solid and for veneers. Crotch mahogany is a veneer cut from beneath the fork of ...

Metal fences are adjusted by hand, which can require some finicky adjustments to get the mortise in exactly the right place. The fork-like metal hold-downs, designed to keep the workpiece from lifting off the table on the return stroke, can be balky.

Most fancy tools promising to cut your work down usually don't. We much prefer the old-faithful tools. A long handle, commercial-grade digging fork is the tool we find most useful next to a garden spade.

According to Hebert's owner, Ed Richard, the meat is so tender you can forget the knife and fork and just "spoon out whatever you want." And don't skip the gravy: alligator, apparently, makes for "excellent drippings." ...

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