Favorite Spoon Etc.

timeless · ‎02-18-2022

I realized recently that I'm in love with a spoon.

Not "spooning", but love for a spoon I received from my mom when she was in her "Swedish Death Cleaning" phase(s).

It was a constant throughout my childhood.

Always in the canned green beans.

Tonight I opened some canned green beans and searched through my many slotted spoons to find my sweetheart.

It's the Oneida Ltd. Stainless Slotted spoon in the Berkley Square pattern from, I'm guessing, early 1970's.

If the house is on fire, I would rescue this spoon!

Do you have a sentimental/favorite utensil you'd be heartbroken to lose?

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@timeless,

No I can't say that I do but that is a very cute story. And of course a lovely spoon!

I love how "you would rescue the spoon."

I can play the spoons! My sister taught me how

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

I have a "thing" for ORNATE old flatware teaspoons. I haunt thrift stores and dig thru boxes of the junk for just the "perfect one"...

♥Surface of the Sun♥

Net52 · ‎03-28-2016

I have two paring knives and one dinner knife that my grandfather made over 100 years ago, There were more dinner knives when I was growing up, not sure what happened to them. Probably in the garbage by mistake. I have several other paring knives but I only use the ones he made. I do use other dinner knives, because I don't want to keep washing that one mutiple times each day . LOL Brings back many happy memories of my Pap Pap.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

My most very favorite person in the world (my mom would understand) was a great aunt who loved to bake.

Her *mixing spoon* was worn away to about half it's original shape from beating against the side of her big old striped mixing bowl.

How I wished I had that bowl and the spoon!

ETA: And my beloved great aunt for just one more day!

MariotaMurielle · ‎03-10-2010

during my Foxfire phase in the '70s ( which I never completely grew out of) I developed a love for handmade wooden objects, including spoons. I have about two dozen that I started buying during that time. I still find a handmade spoon hard to resist but I haven't bought one for myself in years. I do have 2 or 3 very favorite ones that I would grab in an emergency.

“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” St. Julian of Norwich

gtx · ‎08-15-2010

@timeless, I have that same spoon. I'm going to start using it, especially in my green beans. Thanks for the reminder.

Scooby Doo · ‎03-14-2010

I have that set somewhere in my china hutch. It hasn't been used in decades. Along with the china that I wish I could get rid of.

dimin · ‎03-11-2010

I love slotted serving spoons. I love ice tea spoons. My favorite utensil type thing is a knife I bought from the air force exchange on base. It must of been in 1975.