A couple of years ago I threw out all my old basic cutlery (forks, spoons, butter knives etc.) and bought a whole new matched set of good quality. It cost less than I imagined. Never had a single ounce of regret, I love having a nice matched set and not having to dig through to get out a good pair for dinner.
The old stuff got donated to a local club, who were happy to have it in their big pot of cutlery.
Someone put a tiny camping cutlery set in the drawer. I balk everytime I accidentally grab the baby fork.
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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.
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.
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.
It fucking sucks I don’t even know why I just hate it with a passion
When I was in undergrad, living in dorm… We used to throw forks at the bulletin board for fun, trying to make them stick. I recommend this as the ultimate fate for your unruly fork.
Obviously the only sane option here is to keep it in your pocket when you visit a friend, and sneak it into their silverware drawer when they go to the toilet
Wow, I have some friends this would drive literally insane. I’ll have to consider this carefully.
It’s a gift
Got a butter knife that looks the same but weighs nothing. Drives me nuts.
My favorite spoon is made of really low quality aluminum and weighs nothing!
we had an aluminum teaspoon once, don’t know where it went but it’s on the top 10 of my favourite objects.
weighed almost literally nothing and always catched me off guard. i love it.
Trivia. Aluminum was once the most expensive, and thus prestigious metals on the planet. The king of France would dine with aluminum cutlery as a show of opulence.
You (everyone) will hate this entire comment, but my aforementioned favorite aluminum spoon comes from a Czech army surplus cutlery set. I hate the other utensils, but just think how fucking amazing it is that this is a set which belongs together:
Why is the spoon so ornamental and aluminum? Why is the knife steel with a plain plastic handle? Why is the fork so fucking weird with a different ornamentation (aluminum too, btw)? This is a set for soldiers. Fancy is good and all but why is it so mismatched? So many questions.
This specific picture isn’t mine by the way. I’d never allow a fork that horribly misshapen to live in my house.
Those tines look like they’d be super stabby, no thanks!
Ironically, they’re the least stabby ones I own. I assume specs for these vary greatly however. They’re not the higest quality controlled things on earth by any measure.
I explicitly purchased identical cutlery and gave away all my old mismatched cutlery.
I tried to buy another identical set of cutlery because we needed more and the two version while looking identical on the package and being from the same maker are dramatically different in reality and it makes me crazy.
Yes I did the same, bought a whole set of a big brand so I could easily get replacements and additions if needed. Some time later I decided I needed more spoons so I bought another set of 10 spoons of the exact same brand and set name. Turns out the spoons are slightly different in the handle, bugs the hell out of me.
Yes, one of my most adult-feeling purchases was a full cutlery set for 12, and basically a cabinet full of different types of plates and bowls, all in sets for 8 ppl, from the same design series. I love this stuff way more than I ever imagined.
How many times did you use it though?
Quite a lot by now. I cook for 3-5 friends semi regularly.
I also only use rounded handles. For some reason flat ones drive my crazy! 😅
I’m the exact opposite. Maybe because my rounded ones are god damn heavy. Can’t use them with a plastic bowl because it’ll tip it over.
This is the way. Same for socks and dishes.
my parent’s wedding cutlery in the form of like 10 knives are these, the fancy curved grips piss me off.
if there are only wedding knives left, i’d rather clean a dirty regular knife. the rectangular grips are way better.
Fortunately, trash can is nearby
Damn you guys are making me doubt my sanity way too much with these posts…
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.
I have a whole set that I HATE. I put them in backward so I don’t pick one up by accident.
I have a fork that I can’t stand. The prongs are completely flat, but it still has the bend between the handle and prongs. I hate holding it
That is an ugly fucking fork.
1st fork on the left - I have 1
4th fork from the left - I have 1, this is my favorite fork
Middle fork- I have a handful
2nd to last fork on the right - I have a handful, decent forks.
Not pictured - that piece of garbage that I have no idea where it came from, that’s somehow simultaneously too small to fit in with the other big forks, and too big to fit in with the small forks. And to top it off, its shape makes it terrible at twirling spaghetti. I seriously don’t know why I still have that piece of junk.
Seeing the commonality of this subject I’m almost thinking I should get a shelf and a few small object display cases (ex those used to hold signed baseballs) and have a shelf of shame for bad objects.
That’d be pretty cool honestly. “Stuff of Shame” vs “Stuff of Fame”.
