Salad servers are usually fairly decorative in appearance, and deliberately so. Many are made from wood while others are made from either hard clear plastic or stainless steel. Even so, they usually have some type of decoration or etching on the handle of the utensil. Salad servers consist of a large spoon and a large fork, both used to grasp the salad and transfer it to your salad plate.
If you are looking for something quite unique, you may want to look for some beaded salad servers. They come in a variety of different designs, yet all have one thing in common; a beaded appearance on the handle that you take hold of. Sometimes this beaded appearance is merely the way the metal is fashioned, so that it appears to have tiny small beads going all the way down the handle. In other instances there are actually tiny beads set into the servers. Sometimes the beads are spread out along the handles while other times the entire handle is beaded.
This definitely is a rather unique style, one which immediate catches the eye. They look great when accompanying a glass salad bowl and clear glass salad plates as the color is only enhanced in comparison. One thing you do need to be careful of, however, is washing and drying the beaded salad servers. You may want to hand wash and dry them, rather than putting them in the dishwasher as it is possible in some cases that the beads may work themselves loose.
You also need to pay special attention when washing them to ensure that you clean them thoroughly between the beads. It is very easy for food particles to stick in between the beads and over time this can build up and end up being quite unhygienic if the utensils are not washed properly. That is another reason why washing them separately by hand is recommended.
