Q. What is the difference between a salad and a dinner plate?

Answer

The salad plate is used to serve salad before the main course or as a side dish with the main course at a casual meal. A salad served as the main meal is served on a dinner dish. To the left of the cutlery setting place the salad plate. Salad dishes fish plates and dessert plates among others are often set about two inches inward from the edge of the table. Dinner dishes and luncheon plates are set approximately an inch in from the edge of the table while smaller plates are set further out. Most dinner plates have a diameter of 10 inches. Because most evenings feature multiple courses this size is perfect.