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For people who've never used sterling silver flatware, the typical
first response is "are you kidding me, $50 for a single
spoon?!?" And yes, if you really only care to get the food
from your plate to your mouth, any old thing will do and you
probably wouldn't be visiting this site anyway. The most practical
reason to choose sterling silverware is because your food will
taste better. Really.
Think about it this way: imagine
yourself on vacation, in the Napa Valley, and you've just picked
up a bottle of Pinot at the winery, and you're sitting under
a tree watching the sun set over the hillside, sipping what just
might be the finest wine you've ever experienced.
Now, you pick up a case of
that wine, and bring it home. Sitting on your couch that you
should have replaced two years ago, with Iron Chef America on
the TV, and your Napa Valley wine in a plastic cup, it suddenly
tastes like a $9 bottle of wine. The wine hasn't changed, but
the vessel and the atmosphere have.
Wide Variety of Items
Sterling silverware offers a wider variety of pieces due to its
very collectable nature. If you've ever wondered what it would
be like to serve lemon wedges with a Lemon Fork, you won't have
to wonder any longer. The most popular sterling silver patterns
tend to get the goofiest pieces, simply to appeal to collectors.
For example, would you ever think you would need individual asparagus
tongs, an ice cream fork, a strawberry fork, a chocolate spoon,
or a butter pick? I'm not sure what you're picking your butter
with now, but it better not be your fingers or else I'm telling.
Unique and Ornate Designs
Due to its very malleable nature, silver manufacturers can offer
very ornate and unique designs that can't be reproduced in stainless
steel. If you want over the top design, start and end your search
with sterling silverware patterns.
Heirloom Quality and Investment
Potential
You're spending several thousand dollars on a set of sterling
flatware, and I sincerely hope that you'll use it every day.
You'll probably eat 700 meals per year at home, and over 20 years
that works out to about 25 cents per day for the average sterling
silver set. If you really want to save those 25 cents, switch
to store brands, Roma tomatoes, minced garlic in the jar and
make it taste better on sterling silver flatware. You'll thank
me later!
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