A tale of two forks

I sell a lot of vintage silverware on Etsy and sometimes it starts out looking like a lost cause.

This fork a good example of that!

I didn't hold out too much hope to get it clean and bright.

But, with some silver polish (I like to use Parker & Bailey) and a little elbow grease.....

......the fork has new life and will
be welcome on a dinner table
for many more meals.

While I .....

While I made dinner last night I had some visitors in my yard (they have been here a couple of times this week).  There were four of them and they made my evening - along with our delicious dinner.  I made a couple of changes to the recipe (I only had sun dried tomatoes that weren't pack in oil and I used fresh spinach instead of escarole).  It was easy to make and was a hit with my husband! 

Served on vintage Myott's Bouquet from Staffordsire England dinnerware.

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