S/o Fork vs spoon | Imamother

gr82no

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:37 pm

Which do you prefer using?
Are you ok watching someone use the wrong utensil?
What am I meant to use for each food.

I love soup spoons will use it for whatever I can. I don’t understand how you eat rice with a fork.

I might add a poll later

small bean

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:40 pm

I personally like forks better. I eat yogurt with a fork.

I do not care what anyone uses. Dont see why it makes a difference.

Rubies

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:40 pm

It does annoy me when someone uses the wrong utensil, but it isn't something I truly believe is a priority in life. So, it's just me being a mefunag.

amother

Cantaloupe

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:42 pm

I use whatever is closest to me.
I can eat yogurt or compote with a fork if I'm lazy.

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BrisketBoss

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:47 pm

Well, it depends how much you like yogurt. I find eating yogurt with a fork to be frustrating as I cannot get the last bits out.

Blessing1

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:50 pm

I like to eat with a spoon and I eat mostly with a spoon. It's the 1st time that I'm hearing that it's horrendous table manners and lack of education.

sequoia

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:52 pm

I like eating with a spoon but am aware that it’s considered peasantish and low class, which doesn’t stop me.
I always eat kasha with a spoon.

amother

Teal

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:53 pm

I am very makpid to use the right utensil for the right food. So...
Eggs with a fork
Yogurt with a spoon
Rice with a fork
Cholent with a fork
Fish and meat with a fork and knife
Pizza with hands

I will get a bit turned off if you do different than me. Except if you eat your pizza with fork and knife, then I will smile.. Yes I know this is silly. You can hate me for it.
Some things are just ingrained from childhood.

Bnei Berak 10

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:53 pm

No preferences. Depends on what's being served.
If you cant handle eating solid food with a fork you haven't learned it from home.

amother

Stone

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:54 pm

amother [ Teal ] wrote:

I'm sorry but you can't eat rice with a fork. You should be using chopsticks. It's offensive to the native rice eaters.

Rubies

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:56 pm

amother [ Teal ] wrote:

What's funny is that many of the fish-with-hands-eaters eat their pizza with a fork and knife.

Bnei Berak 10

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:56 pm

amother [ Teal ] wrote:

Its not silly at all.
Your parents were aware of table manners.

BrisketBoss

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:57 pm

Re: rice and cholent: To me it's a question of whether it is being served on a plate or in a bowl.

amother

Stone

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:59 pm

Thank god some parents drill the super important skills of fork vs spoon into their children. There are too many people walking around horrendously eating with spoons! Can you imagine? Don't they realize what matters most in life? How can they not force their children to eat with forks all the time? Only soup can be eaten with a spoon, and if there are pieces in the soup they better have a fork on hand for those pieces. It is so terrible that some people allow their children to just have happy memories over the dinner table, they should understand it's more important to force them to learn the proper fork usage.

amother

Teal

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 12:59 pm

amother [ Stone ] wrote:

I'm sorry but you can't eat rice with a fork. You should be using chopsticks. It's offensive to the native rice eaters.

When in China, do as the Chinese. Thank goodness I live in the good old US, because I can't maneuver chopsticks. LOL

amother

Teal

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 1:00 pm

Rubies wrote:

What's funny is that many of the fish-with-hands-eaters eat their pizza with a fork and knife.

Reay! This is news to me!

Bnei Berak 10

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 1:00 pm

sequoia wrote:

I like eating with a spoon but am aware that it’s considered peasantish and low class, which doesn’t stop me.
I always eat kasha with a spoon.

I'm glad somebody else has the guts to put this in words.
If I should have written this I would be burned at the stake.

amother

Cantaloupe

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 1:01 pm

Rubies wrote:

What's funny is that many of the fish-with-hands-eaters eat their pizza with a fork and knife.

Actually they don't eat pizza at all.

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Rubies

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 1:03 pm

amother [ Teal ] wrote:

Reay! This is news to me!

Eating pizza with hands is considered uncouth and terribly improper.

Blessing1

Sun, Dec 12 2021, 1:03 pm

amother [ Teal ] wrote:

Who decided which utensils are the right utensils for different foods?