Is there a word for a serving dish shaped like the food it’s meant to serve, such as a plate for serving fish that’s shaped like a fish? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Name for a Serving Dish Shaped Like the Food it Contains?”
Someone with the Twitter handle Nan King said,
20 years ago, my friend Paul asked me,
What’s the word for a serving dish that’s shaped like the dish it’s going to serve?
I still don’t know the answer.
Wow.
Well, a pickle dish shaped like a pickle?
Yeah, or a fish plate that looks like a fish.
Yeah.
Or the turkey plate that has a turkey on it.
-huh.
Yeah.
Is there a name?
I am not aware of one.
This is one I thought I would throw out to our listeners because I’m not sure.
The only thing that I could see that was remotely like that is epimorph,
Which is defined as a hollow shell or mold left by a mineral that had overgrown an initial mineral,
Which is dissolved away.
That’s what somebody suggested, but it might just be a fish plate.
Fish plate.
Roly-poly fish plate.
Sometimes a fish plate is just a fish plate.
