The Spork, Do you use one?

[Alan Gage]

I like a long spoon as well because I eat directly from the pot, which is on the tall side. I don't know if they still sell them but REI had a bin full of some sort of blue plastic utensils. The spoons were long and cheap (maybe a couple bucks). I figured they would be brittle but when I tried to break one I couldn't when using moderate force. So I bought two of them and they've been going strong for the last 10+ years, though admittedly they've seen much less use in recent years.

Alan

 

[PortageW/Cerberus]

Long handled spoon.

No fork, no spork; I do not like green eggs and ham.

 

[recped]

Long titanium spoon only user here. On a trip a few years ago I lost my spoon and had to borrow a spare Foon (aka Spork), really didn't like it, I always felt like I was going to shred my tongue.

Since I always seem to be unable to find my long spoon when I'm assembling gear for a trip combined with the realization that for less than $5 I could buy extras on Temu (exact same thing that is about $15 from REI etc) I now own many long spoons (and the odd foon/spork just in case somebody needs one).

To be honest, in my kitchen kit there is always a single plastic fork (replacing them this year with "borrowed" wood cutlery from my local Costco hot dog stand) just in case there is a meal that is not compatible with a spoon (eg: spaghetti).

I have tried that double ended abomination (the blue one in Glenn's post)....junk, broke it in half the first time I used it. I've also tried using a folding long spoon, another piece of junk, the way it was designed was truly stupid as it folds the wrong way, I could not even stir my tea as the "locking function" is backwards and not secure, even the slightest pressure would cause it to fold.

 

[Boatman53]

Here is the useless spork and a spoon that I actually have used, I also have a long titanium job for the rare occasions I’m eating a dehydrated meal.

Jim

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

I distinctly remember being rather frustrated that I couldn't stab nachos with the tines

I want to make perfectly clear that I have never stabbed nachos with my spork.

 

[sweeper]

Ambiguous terminology strikes again.

There are two different utensils called "sporks". One utensil has a spoon on one end and a fork on the other (perhaps including a cutting edge, too). The other utensil is a spoon with small tines on the end.

Here are a variety of sporks.

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I once had the double-ended type in a colorful plastic, but never used it and have no idea where it is. I use a spoon-tined spork made titanium, like the one on the extreme right of the picture, all the time. I have used it in camp and at home for more than 20 years. I like it especially for eating hard ice cream. It's a terrific utensil.

I also have a couple of the telescoping plastic tined sporks, but have never used them at all. They just came with some cook kit I bought.

I also take a long titanium spoon (no tines) on camping trips, which is very useful for reaching the bottom of freeze-dried meal bags, which is all I eat.

A Spork with a bottle opener now you have my attention.

 

[snapper]

For as long as I can remember, I've only used a spoon and my pocket knife if something needed cutting up. I started carving spoons (out of cedar mostly) back in the mid-1980s and have used the same wooden one since then. I have carved long handled spoons for cooking as well but find that when I'm by myself, my old cedar spoon works for pretty much everything.

On a side note; when I'm carving my spoons I typically make the handle side so it can be used to spread p-nut butter, honey, etc. I can lick that side off without having to worry about cutting my tongue. Just an added bonus.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[VA paddler]

I have a set of the [spoon on one side fork on the other], in stainless. We cook a lot of grilled meats and vegies and a fork is useful in that application. I also have a set of long spoons/sporks for the dehydrated meal bags. But really, I could care less what I eat with, just so long as the food is tasty and it gets in my belly.