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Soup spoons. Discuss!

  • 18-03-2011 01:19PM
    #1
    ElleEm
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    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?


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  • #2
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,813 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    In before knifey-spooney reference


  • #3
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭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!!


  • #4
    Snakeblood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Now I want soup!


  • #6
    Tahuti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭Tahuti


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


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  • #7
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭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?

    :confused:

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


  • #8
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    Saila wrote: »
    :confused:

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


  • #9
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


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




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


  • #10
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭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 ;)


  • #11
    martic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭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)


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  • #12
    smellslikeshoes
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    Soup with a straw is where it's at. That is of course until you run into the straw's mortal enemy, chunky soup.


  • #13
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I use a soup spoon for my soup.


  • #14
    edwinkane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 376 ✭✭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.


  • #15
    Kimono-Girl
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    i eat my soup with a fork!



    i drink it with a spoon


  • #16
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭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 :p


  • #17
    bullets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭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


  • #18
    Coeurdepirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭Coeurdepirate


    I use a tea spoon for everything tbh.


  • #19
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭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;)


  • #20
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭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?


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  • #22
    BluesBerry
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    I use a straw for soup


  • #23
    kylith
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    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.


  • #24
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭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 ;)


  • #25
    starling.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭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 :o


  • #26
    OutlawPete
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    Next time ask for it in a mug so.


  • #27
    RichieC
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    I hate when i bang my teeth with soup spoons.


  • #28
    FTGFOP
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    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!


  • #29
    i-digress
    Closed Accounts Posts: 692 ✭✭✭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...


  • #30
    Neyite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,948 ✭✭✭✭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?


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  • #31
    i-digress
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    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?


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