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UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 10:48 PM Feb 2020

Things/not-soup to eat with a spoon


7 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Popcorn
1 (14%)
Salad
2 (29%)
Mixed nuts
1 (14%)
Chips
1 (14%)
Casserole type stuff
2 (29%)
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Things/not-soup to eat with a spoon (Original Post) UTUSN Feb 2020 OP
Salad or pop corn with a spoon? That's just weird redstateblues Feb 2020 #1
What do you eat those with, fork? Forks are for piercing, spoons are for scooping. UTUSN Feb 2020 #4
You scoop lettuce? I eat popcorn with my fingers redstateblues Feb 2020 #23
Everyone knows that Dagstead Bumwood Feb 2020 #38
I put parmesan and dill on the popcorn--then I eat it with a spoon. flor-de-jasmim Feb 2020 #26
Chopsticks Lefta Dissenter Feb 2020 #2
My motor skills are deficient!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #6
that's how I learned to use chopsticks Skittles Feb 2020 #22
And now you catch flies? Harker Feb 2020 #27
I ....er.....blunt chopsticks? Skittles Feb 2020 #28
It's hard for me to get the pointy ends Harker Feb 2020 #34
I am hopeless with chopsticks. Once while eating at a Japanese sushi & steakhouse tblue37 Feb 2020 #30
Practice is the key... Harker Feb 2020 #33
Chocolate mousse dawg day Feb 2020 #3
None of the above... 2naSalit Feb 2020 #5
You *get* me!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #8
*** 2naSalit Feb 2020 #10
Imho...jello should not be eaten ever. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #12
I agree. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #16
Peanut Butter!!! Dave in VA Feb 2020 #7
Yea, without BREAD!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #9
Popcorn. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #11
Not mobility/dexterity --------- we/some don't like to get fingers messy!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #13
May I suggest 2naSalit Feb 2020 #17
See post #18!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #21
Oh, so you like the dreadful and probably poisonous crap that PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #24
I only use actual butter on popcorn.I add it to my silicone popper yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #39
Real butter, yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #40
Tiramisu ! dweller Feb 2020 #14
Had to look it up, looks *delicious*!1 Am on my 4th day of ONLY salad to get the sugar down!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #15
Why thank you! 2naSalit Feb 2020 #19
Does it come with a car? nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #31
*Found* the original spoon!1 It was at the bottom of the bowl from the first bag of 'corn!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #18
Only if you use both hands. ...nt 2naSalit Feb 2020 #20
rice, peas, chinese food(I AMA NOT USING STICKS. look at a calendar), hash.... pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #25
Rice and peas, for sure! And mashed potatoes. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #32
oh yeah. mashed potatoes! carrot sin maple butter sauce. creamed broccoli sems..endless list. pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #41
Jello Crabby Appleton Feb 2020 #29
Silly! Everyone knows you eat salad with a comb! Totally Tunsie Feb 2020 #35
Mashed potatoes! smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #36
With gravy, too. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #42
Cereal. Stew Arazi Feb 2020 #37
Field peas. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2020 #43
I see what you're doing... ZenDem Feb 2020 #44
Pizza. Especially at a restaurant in NYC. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #45

Harker

(17,781 posts)
27. And now you catch flies?
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:13 PM
Feb 2020

I've had to make the transition from blunt chopsticks to pointed ones.

Surprisingly difficult.

Skittles

(171,704 posts)
28. I ....er.....blunt chopsticks?
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 05:42 PM
Feb 2020

there's something easier? I've never been a pro at chopsticks, I have to concentrate too much

Harker

(17,781 posts)
34. It's hard for me to get the pointy ends
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 07:11 PM
Feb 2020

coordinated. The blunt ones I used in the 60s and 70s were easier, but that might've been from habituation.

I'm a pretty fair hand with a fork, too.

If there's good food around, I'll work something out.

tblue37

(68,436 posts)
30. I am hopeless with chopsticks. Once while eating at a Japanese sushi & steakhouse
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 05:59 PM
Feb 2020

restaurant owned by Korean friends of mine, their kids badgered me to try eating with chopsticks. I was so incompetent that their mom brought out a pair joined by elastic, which are used to teach little kids to handle them. I still couldn't do it.

Harker

(17,781 posts)
33. Practice is the key...
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 06:55 PM
Feb 2020

I ate for many years with nothing else, and still do at most meals.

I've become deft enough to confidently snatch up a grain of rice, but it did take time.

I do use a fork for spaghetti, and a spoon for soup.

2naSalit

(102,780 posts)
5. None of the above...
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 10:53 PM
Feb 2020

Ice Cream! And pudding, and ice cream cake.

And then there's jello which you could eat with a fork.

MontanaMama

(24,722 posts)
12. Imho...jello should not be eaten ever.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:16 PM
Feb 2020

Other than that, I agree with everything you said. As usual.

2naSalit

(102,780 posts)
16. I agree.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:34 PM
Feb 2020

I think the last time I ate that nasty stuff was the last time I was in the hospital and that was decades ago. Even whipped cream can't help that stuff. I was never all that fond of it especially after I learned that it was made partially from seaweed. I lived in a fishing town in Maine and when there wasn't fish harvesting going on there was seaweed harvesting! They would get the sea grapes stuff and fill up their skiffs, many at a time and bring them to the pound to weigh it up and get paid.

Now I would think it was a better ingredient but then it was like thinking it was seriously wilted lettuce or something like that.



Still it's not something that fits into any food group that I would recognize. In Idaho and Utah, I know it's a big thing, particularly the green jello which I find among the most offensive flavors.

Dave in VA

(2,285 posts)
7. Peanut Butter!!!
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 10:54 PM
Feb 2020

Fresh jar and a glass of cold milk to drink!!

HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
11. Popcorn.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:15 PM
Feb 2020

Fingers.

I suppose someone with mobility or dexterity issues might need to use a utensil, but seriously?

2naSalit

(102,780 posts)
17. May I suggest
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:37 PM
Feb 2020

chop sticks or tongs? I never thought of eating popcorn with a spoon.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
24. Oh, so you like the dreadful and probably poisonous crap that
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 01:14 AM
Feb 2020

passes for butter on popcorn. Shudder.

I'm a purist. Salt is all popcorn needs.

yellowdogintexas

(23,694 posts)
39. I only use actual butter on popcorn.I add it to my silicone popper
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 01:18 AM
Feb 2020

with the popcorn which is the real thing, just the kernels no additives.

It is wonderful. No artificial crap for me

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
15. Had to look it up, looks *delicious*!1 Am on my 4th day of ONLY salad to get the sugar down!1
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:27 PM
Feb 2020

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
18. *Found* the original spoon!1 It was at the bottom of the bowl from the first bag of 'corn!1
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:37 PM
Feb 2020

Now have got 2 spoons - is that like chopsticks?!1







pansypoo53219

(23,034 posts)
41. oh yeah. mashed potatoes! carrot sin maple butter sauce. creamed broccoli sems..endless list.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 01:32 AM
Feb 2020
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
36. Mashed potatoes!
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 08:26 PM
Feb 2020

I sometimes have them as a main meal when I just need some comfort food.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,782 posts)
43. Field peas.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 01:16 PM
Feb 2020

One of my favorite side dishes. We put them in a small bowl or cup with plenty of juice......

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,681 posts)
45. Pizza. Especially at a restaurant in NYC.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:13 PM
Feb 2020

Some might prefer sporks, but spoons is the traditionally accepted way to eat pizza.

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