The Different Types of Spoons

There is a spoon for every situation and situation for every spoon. That’s a saying right? OK, it is now. Flatware never fails to find a way. How about that one? Cutlery can do it? No, ok, we give up.

But there are different spoons for different needs and the fine folks at Architectural Digest wrote this amazing article about nine different types of spoon and what they are used for. I’m sure there is more than nine, I counted 14 in my spoon box. But this is a great start.

They discuss the following spoons:

Dinner Spoon

Serving Spoon

Soup Spoon

Iced Beverage Spoon

Demitasse Spoon

Salad Spoon

Dessert Spoon

Amuse Bouche Spoon

Bar or Cocktail Spoon

So over the next nine posts here at The Cutlery Review we will be picking our favorite of each of these types of spoons. Come on back and learn more!

Check out the article at Architectural Digest

Homquen Black And Gold Spoons for Ice Tea or Coffee or…

Spoons that are dedicated to dessert are some of the best spoons I know. These will also work just fine with that Ice Tea or Coffee but they scream for Ice Cream. This is the cold spoon, the gold spoon. Flatware for the finish of the meal.

Homquen Black And Gold Spoons are made of high quality stainless steel, plated with titanium gold, rust proof, lead-free, cadmium-free, phthalate-free, BPA-free durable and eco-friendly.

These 6.3″ pieces are in a set of six. This is a great price and good value.

They claim dishwasher safe but history shows that any plated cutlery should never go into the dishwasher no matter how safe you think it is. Even eco-friendly detergent will still cause issues.

Black And Gold Homquen Spoons from Amazon

MeiNvShe Camping Spork – Survival Cutlery

Camping cutlery. Bring Your Own Cutlery (BYOC). Survival Spork. Many names but in the end they all have the same basic requirements. But sometimes that simple piece of cutlery tries to do more, it wants to be the jack of all trades.

When we go hiking this is the one piece of functional flatware that is always in our pack. It’s a cheap and effective multi-tasker. This is a Rambo Spork.

This is the MeiNvShe Camping Spork Multi-Function Fork Spoon 5 in 1 Stainless Steel Spork.

Fork and spoon design, can be used as cookware.
With bottle opener, it is convenient for you.
Multi-functional, great for outdoor travel.
Within a spoon, fork, bottle opener, Can opener and Sawtooth cutter. Environmental and safe to use.
With buckle, idea for hanging on the bag, key rings.
Perfect small gifts for friends and relatives.
Made of stainless steel, hardness and durable enough.

MeiNvShe Camping Spork Multi-Function Fork Spoon 5 in 1 Stainless Steel Spork from Amazon

Antrader Eco friendly Wood Cutlery Set

We’ve considered adding a special “tag” for eco-friendly or wooden cutlery but let’s be honest, wood cutlery is here to stay and will or is a part of our flatware experience from here on in. Our prediction is that the top three cutlery materials in the future will be: #1 – Metal, #2 – Wood and #3 – Not plastic.

The Antrader eco friendly wood cutlery set really has the old school design esthetic which we really like. This utensil set for four people includes: 4 Spoons & 4 Forks. They have nice long handles (9″ long) with black and brown jute string wrapped around them.

Of course these won’t do well in the dishwasher so they have an interesting recommendation: “It can put on disinfecting cabinet to use Ozone to sterilize. it can’t heated by microwave. Avoid exposuring directly. Do not leave the product immerse in water or other liquids for a long time.”

And as for care and maintenance: “The first time you use it, we suggest soak the utensils into salt water for half an hour, it would be better for the utensils. Wood oil, plant oil or wax oil suggested to be occasionally applied to extend the life and beauty of products.”

Antrader Eco friendly Wood Cutlery Set from Amazon