I almost choked laughing sugarcube5419! You wouldn't believe all the serving and service pieces that the Victorians had. There was a singular serving piece for everything! YES, it is still popular believe it or not! In Victorian times it was used at every meal that served tomatoes. These days, personal preference and social standing determine the usage!
Red tomatoes were served sliced with a server that had holes so that the juice/seeds could drain through. (Thus you could pause and drain the slice instead of it going out the side and getting on the fine tablecloth!) Believe it or not they even had green tomato slice servers that had little to no holes because the green tomato slices weren't as juicy. (Which is not to be confused with the aspic/cranberry sauce/jelly server!)
