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my forks are okay but ive got some dodgy spoons
I’ve got some great spoons, but there’s that one spoon that just sucks.
The one that did a few rounds in the garbage disposal. Only then back side was damaged, so it all looks fine until you put in in your mouth.
oh yeah there totally are good spoons and bad spoons
For the longest time I had a spoon which literally had sharp edges. I don’t know why I didn’t throw it away. No idea where it is now.
I don’t know why this is a universal feeling.
Anyway, managed to almost get rid of my Wrong Fork last week.
The Wrong fork is my wife’s favorite. She’s weird that way.
Is your wife Autistic as well? I’ve found sensory stuff can often be at exact opposite ends of a spectrum. My (also autistic) partner prefers the thin metal stamped forks and I prefer the weightier cast metal ones. We both can’t stand plastic handled forks though!
It’s usually a handle issue
Weight balance is important tho
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Taking this post as a platform to rally against cutlery that isn’t fashioned from a single piece of metal but has a useless metal or plastic handle. When you take them out of the dishwasher, a pool of warm, stagnant , vaguely soap-smelling water will pour out onto your wrist and wet your sleeve and my week is ruined.
For the record, I haven’t experienced this in years but I carry the trauma.
Or the very first time you discover you hate those when the tines end pops out into your food and sludge from the handle falls in after it.
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In my previous house we had utensil fairies who willfully would hide all the forks or spoons around the house to thwart our use of cutlery for eating. They fixated on one or the other, so our draw would be flush with forks but lacking in spoons or vice versa.
Eventually I just gave up and started supplying new infusions of new flatware. As the internet matured (and with the help of girlfriends in the restaurant industry) I’d find restaurant suppliers who’d set me up with just spoons or just forks, rather than full dining sets.
After seventeen years of this, I left, with the war for cutlery ongoing.
… If I had this my home would become difficult to burgle as I’d have invested in a set of security cameras. I’d have to know where they go when they disappear.
My forks are all the same except the ones my gf brought when she moved in. They have flames on them and I’m jealous.
Is your girlfriend Guy Fieri?
It’s a proportions thing. There’s a very specific size and shape of fork that I like, and it shouldn’t have decorations on it. Just stamped sheet steel.
Seems reasonable enough
Mine is a spoon that is different from all the other… and it is specifically for cat food.
Fortunately, trash can is nearby
Mine are a whole category of forks and spoons. I want my forks and spoons to have a completely flat underside with rounded corners. The underside should not be concave because it makes the edges of the fork or spoon too sharp and dig into my finger bones too much. A convex underside puts too much weight onto the center of the surface making it uncomfortable for my middle finger then as well. Oh, and they have to be completely smooth with no texture because I don’t like rough textures rubbing against my fingers while I eat.
I absolutely approve of and second your analysis of the perfect fork / spoon handle :)
We call ours “special fork”.
I’ve disowned that plate. Its only duty is to support the hot plates that come out of the microwave. It’s become the Cinderella of my kitchen.
One day my wife had enough and threw out all the mismatched cutlery, so now we have everything 100% matched.
I married the right woman.
A matched set has its own problems. For us, the pattern was discontinued right after we got them. Over the years a bunch of spoons disappeared and we needed more serving utensils but there was no way to keep a matched set. So far we mostly do without, but we have to consider the possibility of having to replace the entire set
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