Soup spoons. Discuss!

ElleEm

I love soup, but soup spoons annoy me. The soup is in a bowl already, I don't need another mini bowl to eat it off. I tend to use a dessert spoon for my soup.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Mr. CooL ICE

In before knifey-spooney reference

starviewadams

Dessert spoon if I'm eating soup and there's other people around,if I'm alone I simply drink the soup out of the bowl,I'm not classy!!

Snakeblood

ElleEm wrote: »

I love soup, but soup spoons annoy me. The soup is in a bowl already, I don't need another mini bowl to eat it off. I tend to use a dessert spoon for my soup.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Frankly I'm astounded you could get this much discussion from soup spoons.

Larianne

Now I want soup!

Tahuti

I also use a dessert spoon, as the rounded end of a soup spoon offers me little comfort.

Saila

ElleEm wrote: »

The soup is in a bowl already, I don't need another mini bowl to eat it off. I tend to use a dessert spoon for my soup.

Anyone have any thoughts?

and I never use a dessert spoon for ANYTHING! xD soup spoons ftw

ElleEm

Saila wrote: »

Soup spoons are like mini bowls. I thought that was obvious!!

jester77

Just be a man, pick up the bowl and slurp. Women like this...




... as it means less washing up to do afterwards

Saila

ElleEm wrote: »

Soup spoons are like mini bowls. I thought that was obvious!!

I would have said eat out of, never heard of eating off a bowl

martic

Soup spoons are handy when eating spaghetti bolognese because theres little as hateful as some messy slurping fecker sitting beside you at a table plastering sauce all over the place when all they have to do is twist it with there fork inside the soup spoon and put it into there mouth,is this too much to ask ffs.
(Rant over)

smellslikeshoes

Soup with a straw is where it's at. That is of course until you run into the straw's mortal enemy, chunky soup.

alwaysadub

I use a soup spoon for my soup.

edwinkane

ElleEm wrote: »

I love soup, but soup spoons annoy me. The soup is in a bowl already, I don't need another mini bowl to eat it off. I tend to use a dessert spoon for my soup.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Old fashioned soup spoons were like slightly large dessert spoons. The fashion for rounded soup spoons is a modern fad, and they don't make nearly so good soup spoons.

Kimono-Girl

i eat my soup with a fork!



i drink it with a spoon

Saila

jester77 wrote: »

Just be a man, pick up the bowl and slurp. Women like this...




... as it means less washing up to do afterwards

or use a spoon as it will mean more time in their natural environment

bullets

I hate soup spoons,
Never ever ever liked them, always preferred a nice dessert spoon when
eating soup.

Our Token excuse for a canteen in work all too often in the mornings
has no dessert spoons so we end up eating Porridge or the cornflakes with a
bloody soup spoon. Grrrr.

~B

Coeurdepirate

I use a tea spoon for everything tbh.

Saila

martic wrote: »

Soup spoons are handy when eating spaghetti bolognese because theres little as hateful as some messy slurping fecker sitting beside you at a table plastering sauce all over the place when all they have to do is twist it with there fork inside the soup spoon and put it into there mouth,is this too much to ask ffs.
(Rant over)

knife and fork ftw! never understood why people used spoons for bolognaise, tastes much better with a knife and fork;)

ElleEm

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

I use a tea spoon for everything tbh.

Oh, I'm mad for teaspoons. Use them for cereal, dessert etc.
Dessert spoons are for soup and soup spoons are for spaghetti if necessary. That is all.

FTGFOP

Saila wrote: »

knife and fork ftw! [...] bolognaise, tastes much better with a knife and fork;)

Parmesan, black pepper FTW!

Seriously though, what do you use the knife for?

BluesBerry

I use a straw for soup

kylith

martic wrote: »

Soup spoons are handy when eating spaghetti bolognese because theres little as hateful as some messy slurping fecker sitting beside you at a table plastering sauce all over the place when all they have to do is twist it with there fork inside the soup spoon and put it into there mouth,is this too much to ask ffs.
(Rant over)

This. Also, I eat soup with a soup spoon, the non-pointy spoon means that it's easier to get every last morsel of soup out of the bowl.

Also, soup spoons hold a tablespoon's volume, making them invaluable when cooking, for those of us who do not have a tablespoon.

Saila

FTGFOP wrote: »

Parmesan, black pepper FTW!

Seriously though, what do you use the knife for?

cutting it!I dont 'coil' spaghetti, I cut it and put it in lumps in my moth like any other dinner, I like spaghetti with my bolognaise not the other way round

starling.

Yes! But not because they're like a mini bowl, but more because they're too wide for a person's mouth

...I think so anyway

OutlawPete

Next time ask for it in a mug so.

RichieC

I hate when i bang my teeth with soup spoons.

FTGFOP

Saila wrote: »

cutting it!I dont 'coil' spaghetti

:eek:

Saila wrote: »

I cut it and put it in lumps in my moth

Nothing would surprise me after 'cutting spaghetti', that you're feeding it to a pet insect came close, however.

You weird, Saila!

i-digress

I love soup spoons!

Seriously they're a **much** better shape than dessert spoons. I use soup spoons for everything. I get disappointed when I go to the cutlery drawer and find there's none left. Not disappointed enough to wash one, however.

God, I never realised I cared so much...

Neyite

Why do they breed though, or are they just grown up teaspoons?

you buy a set of cutlery consisting of:
6 knives, 6 forks, 6 dessert spoons, 6 soup spoons and 6 teaspoons.

then you end up a year later with 6 knives, 6 forks, 6 dessert spoons, 27 soup spoons and 2 teaspoons.

WTF?

i-digress

Neyite wrote: »

2 teaspoons.

WTF?

You're lucky to have two teaspoons. Despite getting three cutlery sets in the last year, we're often down to using a dessert spoon to put the coffee in the cup, then using the handle to stir it.

Classy, eh?

Gyalist

RichieC wrote: »

I hate when i bang my teeth with soup spoons.

WTF?? You don't put the soup spoon in your mouth. Put the side of the spoon to your lips and gently tip the soup into your mouth without slurping.

Table Manners 101.

FTGFOP

i-digress wrote: »

You're lucky to have two teaspoons. Despite getting three cutlery sets in the last year, we're often down to using a dessert spoon to put the coffee in the cup, then using the handle to stir it.

Classy, eh?

They get hyper from all the caffeine exposure and run away


...with the dishes.

Dolph Starbeam

I always use a soup spoon for soup and i love it.

Azureus

I prefer to use baby spoons/teaspoons for everything (soup/cereal/dessert) but can't get away with in company so I always use a soup spoon for etiquette.

Catch me alone with my soup and its teaspoon all the way!

Boxoffrogs

Neyite wrote: »

Why do they breed though, or are they just grown up teaspoons?

you buy a set of cutlery consisting of:
6 knives, 6 forks, 6 dessert spoons, 6 soup spoons and 6 teaspoons.

then you end up a year later with 6 knives, 6 forks, 6 dessert spoons, 27 soup spoons and 2 teaspoons.

WTF?

Yep, tea spoons go the way of socks, you could swear you haven't binned them but they disappear nonetheless!

I actually like a good soup spoon, even opt to eat my cereal with them over a table spoon.

AnonoBoy

When we were young we had to use our hands as bowls and slurp directly from them without the use of your fancy cutlery.



Luckily my mother always served gazpacho soup so we didn't suffer horrible burns.

jesus_thats_gre

I love soup spoons. Use them for cereal too!

efb

I always considered soup spoons a bit posh, and ergo, not to be trusted!!!

PingPing

Neyite wrote: »

then you end up a year later with 6 knives, 6 forks, 6 dessert spoons, 27 soup spoons and 2 teaspoons.

Quoted for truth. I would dearly love to know how that happens, but it DOES happen, and not just in my kitchen, apparently.

I digress. Soup in mug, as previously suggested, and all is well.

i-digress

Boxoffrogs wrote: »

I actually like a good soup spoon, even opt to eat my cereal with them over a table spoon.

Who on earth would eat their cereal with a tablespoon, unless they had a giant mouth? :eek:

Boxoffrogs

i-digress wrote: »

Who on earth would eat their cereal with a tablespoon, unless they had a giant mouth? :eek:

I don't have a big mouth in spite of what everyone says about me:(