# Chip fork

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{{short description|Small wood or plastic fork used for eating fast food}}
thumb|right|Two-tined wooden chip forks in a container
A '''chip fork''' is a small fork made from [wood](/source/wood) or [plastic](/source/plastic) that is given away by [fast food](/source/fast_food) suppliers with portions of [fish and chips](/source/fish_and_chips), [french fries](/source/french_fries), [currywurst](/source/currywurst), and similar, and used when eating.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2014-11-12/chef-pierre-gagnaire-food-lover-s-guide-to-berlin|title=A Food Lover's Guide to Berlin|date = 12 November 2014|accessdate=9 January 2015|publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref> Chip forks are specially designed to keep eaters' fingers clean of grease, [sauce](/source/sauce)s, [mayonnaise](/source/mayonnaise), and other, while at the same time being cheap enough to be thrown away after use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaunted.com/story/2014/12/17/14144/603/travel/10+Things+We+Learned+at+Berlin%27s+Museum+Dedicated+to+Currywurst|title=10 Things We Learned at Berlin's Museum Dedicated to Currywurst|date=17 December 2014|accessdate=9 January 2015|publisher=Condé Nast|archive-date=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110035857/http://www.jaunted.com/story/2014/12/17/14144/603/travel/10%20Things%20We%20Learned%20at%20Berlin%27s%20Museum%20Dedicated%20to%20Currywurst|url-status=dead}}</ref> Thus they spare suppliers the cost and labour of collecting and cleaning traditional forks. This fits well with the image of fast food as kinds of products to be taken away and being consumed elsewhere.

thumb|left|A three-tined plastic chip fork
The usual design of chip forks has either two or three tines at one end. Their length is somewhere between 7½ and 9&nbsp;cm, their width between 1 and 1½ cm at the widest place.

== Other meanings ==
In Germany, ''Pommesgabel'' or ''Pommespicker'' (literally "chip-picking device") is a local term for the [mano cornuta](/source/mano_cornuta), or sign of the horns.

== References ==
{{commonscat|Chip forks}}
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jul/31/how-to-eat-fish-and-chips |title = How to eat: fish and chips {{!}} Life and style {{!}} theguardian.com| website=[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com) | date=31 July 2012 }}</ref>
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Category:Fast food
Category:Forks

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