Comments on: The Coffee Spoon https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/26/the-coffee-spoon/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/26/the-coffee-spoon/#comment-979704 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:38:32 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34633#comment-979704 chocolate spoons?

It seems to me that most of the types of spoons Clara mentioned are special purpose spoons rather than everyday spoons. Is that a fair take? Interesting though.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/26/the-coffee-spoon/#comment-979671 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:53:32 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34633#comment-979671 In reply to Clara McIver.

LOL

]]> By: Clara McIver https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/26/the-coffee-spoon/#comment-979611 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:51:16 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34633#comment-979611 As a once upon a time collector of silverware I can report that coffee spoons exist. They generally occupy the range between demitasse spoon and teaspoon, most often closer to the teaspoon. Soup spoons come in two versions, or perhaps three. There’s the one most familiar which also gets called dessert, cereal or place spoon, there’s the cream soup spoon, and the gumbo spoon (the last two have round bowls). Lots of other spoons to love or hate– ice cream spoons, sorbet spoons, citrus spoons, chocolate spoons, iced teaspoons, and then a variety of serving spoons, too. The Victoria Age was big on specialized pieces and extreme silver chests.

You need a mid-sized spoon name? Since the coffee spoon was from the 19th Century and we’re in the 21st Century, let’s pick a recent name. Covfefe spoon?

On second thought, you just need to find the size spoon you like, buy a few and leave them nameless.

]]> By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/26/the-coffee-spoon/#comment-979553 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 22:57:10 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34633#comment-979553

…people carried their spoon around with them, …

That brings to mind the old joke about waiters, efficiency experts, and string.

]]> By: Christopher Winter https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/26/the-coffee-spoon/#comment-979549 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:04:38 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=34633#comment-979549 Interesting information — especially this:

“Did you know that in the old says, in Europe, people carried their spoon around with them, like if they went to someone’s house for dinner?”

I wonder why; it seems inconvenient. Perhaps because the utensils were made of silver and likely to be “liberated” if left unattended.

Trivia alert: One of the Napoleons had utensils made of aluminum. Since aluminum was hard to purify at the time, this made his table the talk of the town. Presumably he kept it well guarded.

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