The Dish on the Spoon

Wikipedia says that a spoon is a utensil of a small, shallow bowl at the end of a handle, used primarily for serving and eating liquid or semi-liquid foods, and solid foods like cereal or rice which cannot easily be lifted with a fork. Spoons are also useful in cooking to measure and mix ingredients.

You think about how the spoon got to be. It has quite an amazing history. Medieval spoons were made of wood or horn, or brass or pewter. The earliest English reference to the spoon was in 1259.

I think if I were given the choice between a fork and a spoon, if I had to use it for the rest of my life, or if I ended up on a desert island, that I'd much rather have a spoon. First, it seems to be more versatile. I could use it to eat just about anything. Forks would not be able to afford me enough to slurp up pineapple juice (of course I realize I could drink it from the fruit itself). But, also, if I had to dig a hole, my spoon would come in handy and would be much sturdier than a fork. A fork is a multi-pronged instrument. A spoon is not separated and therefore is probably much stronger.

If I got bored, I could play spoons with a friend, who probably would also choose the spoon for his or her lifetime tool. Anyone who would choose a spoon would be a friend of mine.

I realize I couldn't make all sorts of puns about the fork, like, "Fork you" or "Wanna fork?" But I could make up ones about the spoon. "Wanna spoon?"

Wikipedia lists all the different types of spoons. Did you ever know there were so many? From soup spoons, table spoons, tea spoons, grapefruit spoons, egg spoons, and the spoon list goes on! Wow!

I think spoons are pretty neat utensils. But believe it or not, I'm not huge on sporks, although they could be useful. I only know of the plastic sporks that you can get at places like KFC. If they ever made a metal spork, maybe that could be the utensil of choice on a desert island.