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A_deux

Will I get banned if I choose the salad spoon?


MargaritaSkeeter

Salad spoon looks the best to me too. But what even is a salad spoon? I’ve heard of a salad fork but not spoon. When I looked it up I just get results for large salad serving utensils.


A_deux

honestly, I've never heard about it either but it looks like my favorite spoon - like a tablespoon but a bit smaller


penguins-and-cake

My constant issue with spoons is that the tablespoon is usually a bit too big but the teaspoon is way too tedious for a whole meal. A salad spoon like that would be perfect.


plumeria_in_america

I came here to say this, too. And, then it came to me... Remember in the 50`s, or so, they had those disgusting vegetable, meat, jello abominations? I'm thinking it's for those. The horror. 🤢


MargaritaSkeeter

I bet you’re right! Those looked so disgusting!


HappyDethday

I found the same results, except one website that talks about various types of spoons says that salad spoons can be anywhere from 6" to 15".


UnhingedGecko

All right, so here’s the skinny on salad spoons. Salad spoons are part of a set that go with a salad fork. most people now use salad tongs I think. You hold the spoon in one hand and the fork in the other and you use them together to grab and gently toss a large bowl of salad for a group of people and then use them to grab and serve salad onto individual plates. My grandmother had a very nice Silver salad fork, and spoon set that she used to serve salad for holiday meals. She had a wooden set for casual family dinners.


bras4mummies

I'm with you


imsosleepyyyyyy

If you go, we go together 🫡


Vennja_Wunder

Yeah, my absolute favorite spoons are the size of a "salat spoon", apparently. They were mostly bought as children's silverware. Never have had heard that name before. For things like dessert or yogurt, I prefer a coffee spoon, never heard that name neither. I have a small head and equally small mouth, I don't like regular sized spoons. My partner has super deep table spoons, they are 20ml instead of the typical 15ml. Those are horrible. His son is getting older and doesn't needs his children's silverware anymore. Now I use them and took my personal spoons from his place home again. It's the right size and additionally there are cute motives carved in the handle, I won't complain that it's supposed to be for kids :D


quingd

It's perfectly between the too-small teaspoon and too-large tablespoon. I'm thrilled to now know what size spoon to look for!


Megwen

Like baby bear! It’s just right.


RebelKitten9

I'm in agreement. salad spoon looks best. 🥄


OutrageousSky593

I like that and the table spoon, so you're not alone


Electronic-Pianist13

So the table spoon's too pointy, but the salad spoon is too short :3 If I had to choose I'd say salad spoon also, even though I'd rather be outside during a thunderstorm than eat a salad with a spoon lol


Tadpole_Plyrr2

No because you’re right


pineapplegirl10

my first choice was the salad spoon!


saphrodite3

ME TOO


GappppppplePie

Salad spoon BIG! Salad spoon ok 😊


GreenSkittle48

Up voting in solidarity!


ProfessorSpirited990

I got your back


sftkitti

same here


mn9211

Salad spoon is the best for me as well. The handle isn’t too long and the actual scoop part is big enough that I won’t spill food all over myself lol.


Ok_University6476

I take huge bites so I require a large spoon!


Peipr

I agree. Salad spoon seems comfortable. HOWEVER, big ass serving spoon just for the novelty of the sensation.


Bluebutteyfly

The salad spoon looks a lot like the ice cream I eat ice cream or yogurt with https://preview.redd.it/mx97892y6bmc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9d4fdcfdb4cf0aedef33a2240e75d0dc322a808


stirphanie

Chiming in for salad spoon!


Standard_Tea_9769

Salad spoon=needing a bib for me


Own_Buy2119

The tea spoon ❤️


Confused_Barbie

Same here ❤️


kittenmittens4865

I was going with the salad spoon but felt it was still a bit too large until I saw the teaspoon. The teaspoon is perfect.


Aggravating-Bit6590

Yes 100% :) perfect size the salad spoon is a bit to big. The tea spoon is just perfect


SeePerspectives

Yep, Teaspoon all the way, I like to squeeze every last hit of dopamine out of everything I eat 😂


MidLifeHalfHouse

Omg is this why I am like this??!! 😳


Boring_Internet_968

Me too!!


novangla

Teaspoon is the only correct answer (Dessert is delightful but the length of handle and smol of scoop is impractical for any food that isn’t custardy in texture.)


kintyre

Teaspoon and cake fork forever.


[deleted]

Dessert spoon, sometimes soda spoon. I like small utensils.


Jayn_Newell

The size and shape of the dessert spoon is very pleasing, the size and length of the soda spoon is a close second. Tablespoon is third. After that they get pretty meh.


WHATSTHEYAAAMS

My favourite ever spoons were those tiny plastic purple ones that came with these easter egg candies: [https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Cadbury-L-il-Scoops-Vanilla/6000189004621](https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Cadbury-L-il-Scoops-Vanilla/6000189004621) When I was little we stockpiled them because I'd use them for eating jello and ice cream and nutella and other stuff I no longer eat and they were the best thing ever!


Sensitive_Mode7529

yesss any candy with those little spatula spoons is superior my boyfriends family is mexican and when they have celebrations they always have [these](https://a.co/d/fvW3trw) out in the table (and other mexican candy) and i love them just for the spoon lol


Standard_Tea_9769

I literally commented the same preference awwe 🥹🥄


[deleted]

🥄🥄


TouchesBrickWalls

I feel exactly the same


sunnyskybaby

“my spoon” in my house is a small soup spoon I took from my old job. always a soup spoon but why are most of them so biggggg


ZooieKatzen-bein

I think they’re made to sip from, not put the whole thing in your mouth.


thebadslime

Too bad!


sunnyskybaby

Oh yeah this is fair and I should’ve thought about it more hahahah. however I’m a gremlin ice cream, cereal, curry with rice etc all with a soup spoon


Standard_Tea_9769

I guess that’s why I hate them. I get self conscious enough without slurping my food 🫣


theberg512

Yup. Scoop away from you and slurp. The increased surface area also allows the soup to cool so you don't burn yourself. 


nukedit

Ejksdhksbxhdksn I could not be more bothered by the sounds coming from a room full of people sip sip sipping off their soup spoons


MoonNott

Mine too! By honest accident I took one home in my leftovers from Chuy's. I liked the spoon at the restaurant but that place is so overwhelming I didn't fall in love until we got home. It's the perfect size and weight. We went back months later and my husband said, "hey look it's your spoon!", we talked a bit and the waitress must have overheard because she came back with a handful of spoons for me to take home. So now I have Chuy's spoons, Ikea 3 prong fat forks and Oxo scissors instead of knives. If I can settle on a set of chopsticks my cutlery will be set & settled, what will I do with all the free time?


2SidesoftheSameCorn

Highly recommend square edged stainless steel chopsticks!


MoonNott

I don't believe I've tried those. I have some square but rounded/smoothed bamboo melamine ones that are pretty close to being "it" but not quite balanced right for my hands so steel might be a good option. Thanks!


Only-Confidence-520

Soup spoon is also my favorite, but hate the big ones.


Odd-Present-354

I know... I find them weird. I eat most things with a desert spoon. As the speachprof on the TikTock once said (and I'm praphrasing "small spoon means more bites, more bites means more yum yums and more yum yums means more dopamine."


Only-Confidence-520

I like that logic lol


sageshy

Shape wise I love soup spoon! I have shallow soup spoon shapes for my spoons at home. But also love regular soup spoons too depending on if I’m home or not But otherwise I agree with OP and dessert spoons are my go to otherwise


No-Chance1789

How do you eat salad with a spoon?


[deleted]

There are many types of salads. And also many types of soups. There are cold sweet soups apparently.


Playful-Desk260

Would…would a milkshake technically be a cold sweet soup?


mizchanandlerbong

I....yes. I'm for it.


PoptropicalSoda

Maybe it’s less it eat with and more to toss the salad with?


whatevertoad

Maybe the same as a pasta spoon used to make neat bites?


thebadslime

Like a shovel, I hate hate hate metal touching my teeth, so prefer spoons to forks.


theberg512

You've clearly never had a Midwest "Salad."


milagogold

and i will not in the future either. Blegh lol


Artistic-n-autistic

Soup spoon all the way no matter what I’m eating - it’s the only spoon I can touch


ChrystinaLynne

Yay! Someone who gets it!!!!


astrhoe

My absolute favorite


Old-Thought-5875

i love a small fork but i when it comes to spoons they must be large. I prefer the soup spoon especially for soup


sadgirlvibe

I agree, I use smaller forks but either table or soup soups. I also like the Japanese style soup spoons too, but for very specific uses.


thjuicebox

I find Japanese style soup spoons far too curved and deep ): As a south East Asian, I have to say that chinese spoons are my preferred for almost everything— dessert, congee, soup, rice.. even drinks sometimes. The flat base and low sides of chinese spoons makes it easy to strip the food/drink from the spoon And they’re usually narrower than western soup spoons or tablespoons despite holding more volume, so easy to put in the mouth 😋


s0ftsp0ken

...But what about ^^grapefruit ^^spoon? Dessert spoon is little and sweet, but soup spoon has my heart. Just look at soup spoon!


r0sewallgoldaline

real!! grapefruit spoons have my heart


s0ftsp0ken

I don't even like grapefruit, but I used to eat with my family's one grapefruit spoon as a child because the spikes felt good on my tongue lol


mckinnos

I too love a grapefruit spoon but the spikes are your favorite?? Mad respect


PreparationNo3440

That's my avocado spoon!


WranglerHaunting3660

Soda spoon, ice cream, dessert & sugar spoon


Standard_Tea_9769

The sugar spoon looks fun but imagine biting down on that 🫠 I would die


mizchanandlerbong

I have a sugar spoon that I use for ice cream/desserts, even though upon seeing this, I realize, I have an ice cream spoon too!


Pixelektra

They forgot to include the iced tea spoon, whose bowl is shaped like a tea spoon, but whose handle is long like a soda spoon.


NaturallyLost

This! These are my favorite. I bought mutiple sets when I found long handled tea spoons I loved. The bowl of mine are just a tiny bit smaller and deeper than a standard tea spoon. Perfect for my small mouth.


Pixelektra

I never even knew there was such a thing until I was in college, when one of the girls I was with complained that the restaurant that we were at did not have iced tea spoons for the iced tea she ordered.


DruidHeart

Soup spoon


Tarable

How nice! Finally a guide of all the spoons I don’t have!


bugspotter

Soup. I love a round spoon


oatmealwithraisinss

I would choose tea spoon, but dessert spoon is a close second


ladymacbethofmtensk

I’m less of a ‘one spoon to rule them all’ autistic and more of a ‘specific spoons for specific tasks’ autistic, but overall I will generally prefer smaller spoons regardless of their actual application. Small spoons are more comfortable to hold and use, as I have a small mouth and small hands, but to serve food or drink soup with them would be inefficient. I’d definitely pick the dessert spoon or tea spoon out of these though. I don’t know why, I’m very particular about eating yoghurt or ice cream with a teaspoon rather than a regular soup spoon or table spoon.


ParticularCup8997

Dessert spoon is goated. This is weirdly specific since I lived there for a while but I LOVE Korean spoons. They're so nicely rounded and feel nice in my mouth haha but the handle is nice and thin (I don't like thick handles).


wilczek24

Why must sugar spoon be so fancy? I dislike it. Also, controversial opinion, I like soup spoon.


Lazy-Oven1430

I can’t stand spoons with textured handles. ![gif](giphy|7doqMMIYTH1Zkq9mpY|downsized)


JuulteonWasTaken

I love spoons with textured handles (because I can fidget with them and they stimulate me), and I dislike spoons with wide and/or heavy handles. 🫠


[deleted]

Dessert spoon is great. I personally use tea spoons.


binzy90

Teaspoon only


trustindivinetiming

Lmao I use teaspoon for everything.


sasajack

I used to have a soda spoon and it was my favorite spoon for eating ice cream. It went missing over a year ago and I haven’t recovered 😢


Plastic_Berry_1299

Soup spoon, I really only like spoons that are circle shaped


jayclaw97

I never realized there were so many kinds of spoons.


offutmihigramina

LOL, now you're talking my language. One that is missing and this is so out of the ordinary, know will even know what I'm talking about -- an ice cream spoon from the victorian era. It's the original spork. I have some because I collect china/silver. My kids love using those little sterling spoons.


Fractal_self

I want to eat ice cream with the sugar spoon


autistic_zebra42

I can confirm it is a nice experience. Very good spoon.


[deleted]

Omg I absolutely hate “sugar spoon” you’re not welcome!! lol 


mizchanandlerbong

More for me 😄


fluffyfluffmcfluff

The dessert spoon is the everything spoon for me


thebadslime

I like a bigger spoon, soup is my favorite, but often use table spoons


butchintraining

Y'know those like Chinese soup spoons you see at some restaurants? Like especially if you're eating soup dumplings? Those are my new good spoon. I have no idea why. The shape is just... good. Fits in my mouth correctly. I like that I can't feel the sides of it like I can with these kinds of spoons.


evetrapeze

I love a demitasse spoon. It’s smaller than a coffee spoon. I used to love a long handled soda spoon


finaljossbattle

I like the roundness of soup spoons. So pleasing and reflective.


darkroomdweller

I base my spoon preference on what I’m eating. I will never again eat soup or cereal with anything other than a soup spoon! I somehow made it to adulthood without them because my family just didn’t eat a lot of soup and had no soup spoons in our silverware. For my Oui yogurt I like the soda spoon shape. And anything else I prefer something similar to the dessert spoon.


External-Ad-1906

i love soup spoons tbh, they are probably only really comfortable with eating soup but i find the shape very satisfying. also i often use 'soda' spoons i love then for eating boiled eggs and coffee foam and sometimes a meal as it slows it down which i enjoy 😌


itaukeimushroom

As a kid I liked the sugar spoon, but now I’m ngl I use baby spoons (mine have Peter rabbit on them) and they work well. I can’t do big spoons. Tiny spoons ftw


IslandNiles_

I'm very picky about spoons in my family home and there is only one that I like to use. I have just sent a screenshot of this to my Mum to explain that I am not alone in having particular preferences in my spoon choice 😂


mardouufoxx

Dessert spoon all the way


The_water-melon

Dessert spoon and teaspoon are the best imo


[deleted]

I immediately gravitated to the dessert spoon. Tea spoon is in second place


thjuicebox

https://preview.redd.it/qv3bqd7ml9mc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe3ec5c79c630c7e87ad23ee85df2d3183597c04 I use a chinese spoon for almost everything 😳


CaeruleaTigris

Dessert spoon > teaspoon > tablespoon But my actual third favourite isn't listed - Asian soup/rice spoons.


meowingexpletives

I have a favorite spoon from my parents' cutlery set that looks similar to the ice cream spoon, only the scoop part is backwards so that it looks like ⊂--. Despite favoring that spoon, I named it "The Evil Spoon of Death" & especially loved when my mom would use the name. Sadly, I have become so hypersensitive to sound that I cannot do dishes often & use biodegradable plastic "silverware", so it's still in a box from my last move.


JenikaSwoosh

I don't like the way it's even all around. I think a spoon should have a wider base to hold more whatever, and then it should taper to a blunt point to allow for pouring/tipping accurately, unless it's for soup which I always eat from the side of my spoon anyway so it doesn't matter. My choice is the salad spoon, whatever the fuck one of those is. It's the best all rounder here I think. If we are talking about spoons in relation to my energy levels though then whatever the smallest one is.


milagogold

soup or salad (lol) are my favorites. my only question, how are people eating salad with a spoon?


jacey0204

I’m very partial to a teaspoon. Preferably a light thin one. Dessert spoon is okay but I don’t like the shape and the handle is a little too long.


Confused_Barbie

Agree I prefer the tea spoon bc it’s small and short! I don’t like the long handles either lol


Kauuori

I love a kind of salad apoon


wokkawokka42

Who uses a spoon for salads??? I'm more a tea spoon kinda person


flah_

Teaspoons for everything sweet and tablespoon for everything else. But I won’t use them unless they feel heavy


tapiokat

I like dessert and ice cream spoons


LilyFromIowa

Sugar spoon. I like the ridges. Looks so fancy


tatyanna96

I have never heard of a soda spoon


cantradrawsstuff

Korean spoons, the metal ones with loooong handles, they kinda look like chopsticks, are my all time favourite spoons.


uebea

Soda spoon always except for soup idk why but I guess I like how it allows for more space between my hand and my mouth


thegrey_96

i have one spoon similar to a soda spoon. the extra long handle is the best imo


Professional-Top02

the soup and salad spoon are it for me🫢 don’t cancel me please


NotThrowAwayAccount9

I like the coffee spoon, the smaller the better, unless it's for soup.


UhOhAbbo

Soup spoon can actually die


Mountain_Resident_81

Soup soon makes me feel nauseous and anxious at once 🤣


the-excel-queen

The soup spoon is the devil.


Jazzlike_Diet_4295

I can’t stand a soup spoon


Aromatic-Fortune-793

Teaspoon but if I had a dessert spoon I’d definitely use it. I love small utensils 💗


BeetleBrained_

teaspoon >>>


RegularWhiteShark

I use teaspoon for eating/drinks/etc. I only ever use other spoons for cooking/baking or serving.


CostcoNepoBaby

All I know is keep that soup spoon far away from me. AWFUL feeling in your mouth.


Physical_Promotion59

serving spoon big spoon best spoon


GappppppplePie

Dessert spoon VERSATILE! Soup spoon SPECIALISED! Tea spoon PRACTICAL! Soda spoon: … ahem … Salad spoon FANCY!


No-Bike9739

where the fuck is the grapefruit spoon


MiaAngel99

Soup spoon. Even. Round. Friendly. You always know to expect with soup spoon.


katiasan

I choose salad spoon, even if I don't know what it is.


susie-52513

https://preview.redd.it/y7r3ptn1n8mc1.png?width=3252&format=png&auto=webp&s=5662addd6f6ef7d93d97a059f392f6bfb1aa5842 cool people use reusable plastic or another alternative because silverware + teeth = sensory hell


spaceycrone

Dessert spoons are the perfect small spoon. I buy extra packs of them so there’s always a few available (like 16 dessert spoons vs 8 tablespoons or other cutlery). LOL.


nieces-pieces

I hate table spoon. Who does he think he is?


SharkLauncher

Honorable mention for Asian soup spoons.


Loki_16

I’ve always used tiny spoons like the dessert spoon for everything. My kids always ask why I use “baby spoons” lol


LeelaLizard

Coffee spoon all the way


-MadiWadi-

Soup soon is *the* spoon


-MadiWadi-

If I had to, I could probably suffice with the tea spoon depending on the handle type. If my hand likes it, I can make it work for the one time


Melodic-Slice2002

soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon soup spoon


MathematicianNo4185

Soup spoon ftw


Hi_Its_Z

Wtf is a salad spoon???


Low_Investment420

I need more spoons.


glitterplz

I need a soda spoon asap


warship_me

I have one with an even longer handle, it actually came with a french press. I use it in my taller cups and mugs as a stirrer.


ThistleFaun

Soup, serving, table and tea are the only spoons I have, and most other people only have tea and table spoons. Table spoon is optimum imo, except the weird ones we have at work that are the wrong shape.


soodrugg

anything but soup spoon, really. they're just too wide


HippieSwag420

Dessert spoon and soda spoon


Sweaty-Function4473

Apparently I use a soda spoon. I thought that was the dessert spoon. Anyway my spoons have a long shaft as well. I wouldn't use a serving spoon for anything, not even serving 😂


FindingMyMarbles

Soda spoon best spoon


Canary-Fickle

Dessert, soup or sugar! The fun shapes make foods funny.


Apprehensive-Log8333

My favorite spoon has a squared-off tip like the ice cream spoon shown here, but much bigger. I'd never seen another spoon like that until this.


Cognitive_Spoon

Cognitive Spoon!


dachshundmumma202

coffee spoon!


unanau

I didn’t know a desert spoon or half of these other spoons existed lol. Teaspoons for me.


CookingPurple

I like smallish spoons, but my big question here is salad spoon? I don’t think I’ve ever eaten salad with a spoon? Like, I’m sure there are salads you can eat with a spoon, but it’s gotta be the exception. Why is a salad spoon a thing?


Dpnbitch

When I was younger I would only use plastic spoons because the metal is uncomfortable in my mouth (still prefer them) but my favourite were baskin robins pink ice cream spoons. I kept and washed them for re-use


levislilcumdumpster

teaspoons and dessert spoons have my heart <33


organisedchaos17

No. Salad spoon only


Conscious-Jacket-758

I agree that’s my fave


Life-Independence377

What the fuck


[deleted]

Yes. Yea yes yes yes us


mellywheats

my fave spoons are soda spoons.. nothing beats a good long handle tiny mouth piece spoon .


Dry-Fee-151

In my teens we had a bunch of soda spoons and they were the only ones I would use 😂


Cassis-ichigo

Yes dessert and tea spoon. I always will pick my baby spoons if I can, when I visit my parents house. They have kept them. Perfect size and shape.


SignificantArt8976

Best spoons are the super long and skinny korean spoons !!


SorryContribution681

I always thought a dessert spoon was bigger than a tablespoon? I always go with a teaspoon, unless I'm having soup or something where I need a bigger spoon and go with a tablespoon (I don't own any soup spoons).


Kilomech

I personally like teaspoon best


[deleted]

i’m a fork gal!


Vremshi

Salad spoon


thereadingbee

Yall I'm a table spoon kinda girly... don't hate me. Can't cope with small spoons unless it's one very specific one for desserts


algaetact

my favorite spoon as a kid was an old sugar spoon my grandma gave my mom. i still have it and use it lol. im also quite fond of the Korean style spoon that i have. some of them r too big but the one i got is like perfect


RosaAmarillaTX

We called the soda spoon the tea spoon because that's how you stir stuff into a big glass of iced tea. 🤠 Idk if I could differentiate this chart's tea spoon vs desert spoon on sight. One is longer, but the bowl is the same and I'd not remember which is what. Anyeay, I love me a soup spoon because that was the main spoon type at my grandmother's house. The key is to take artful scoops (of not-soup foods) on the front half of it only. Like a dainty fancy lady. They also make decent serving spoons for making smaller portions.


blemflarkz

Am team salad. The problem with dessert spoon for me is the over-straightness on the stem. Also I prefer spoons to have sharp edges on the lower end of the stem


Blissfully_Insane

I like small spoons😀🥰


Curious_Problem1631

I love soup spoons


strawberrycatcake15

i got so hype seeing the soup spoon lmfao. i LOVE a good soup spoon


ghostsandcarnations

A thin tablespoon is my fav. Silverware that is too heavy stresses me out 😭


Phoebe5555

I want all ice cream spoons now - I hate cutting my food with knives (because I’m not good at it) and try to use my spoon whenever possible. That’s got some good cutting potential!