What are these weird spoons we have and what are they for? [SOLVED]
These spoons have a weird flattened part on the side. I thought they might be worn down from stirring at first but we have about a dozen of identical looking ones so that theory is out. Anyone know?
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I believe what you have there is an ice cream spoon. Thinner on one side to aid 'slicing' through the ice cream.
Interesting. I always thought ice cream spoons had a flat top.
Not always. Tbf if it's the size of a teaspoon it's probably a cream spoon. If it's the size of a dessert spoon it's probably a saucier spoon. Needs more banana for scale.
Dessert spoon size.
Then my guess would be a saucier spoon. Oooh look at you with a set of sauce spoons! Using them to eat Cheerios.
A search for "asymmetrical spoon" gives a few that are shaped just like OP's. These ones look particularly close in shape. They also have sort of similar design around the handled ends - at least in that they have designs rather than a fully plain end.
OP doesn't say anything about the flatter side being thinner or sharper. I think if meant to cut into grapefruit or ice cream that side would be sharper/thinner. Absent sharpening, a pointy spoon should penetrate something easier than a less pointy one - and these look less pointy than if they were symmetrical. Plus, you'd bend those up pretty quick in hard ice cream I think. I think they're just asymmetrical for the sake of it, a point of distinction perhaps marketed as favoring right handed people in getting liquids off a flat surface better.
Thats gotta be it! I have no idea how or when we even got them.
I think it's a pudding spoon.
The slightly pointed tip is to aid slicing the pudding, while being assymetrical to allow a right handed person to not get the pointy end pokies.
Makes me kinda think it's a french sauce spoon, but it's still missing some key features. Flat edges are meant to scoop sauces easier from plates etc..
Would make sense. It would serve the purpose anyway.
Hi OP, I’m pleased you got some answers to choose between :-) If you’re satisfied, could edit your post title to add [SOLVED] at the end? Thanks.
It's for grapefruit. https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Stainless-Steel-Grapefruit-Serrated/dp/B01N92I6V0
There are various tooth edged spoons with the various amounts of teeth that are designed for grapefruit some have more teeth some have less but it's designed to separate the meat from the skin and pull it out of the halved grapefruit leaving the dividers in place so that you get some nice juicy grapefruit instead of chewy segment skin.
OP's spoon doesn't have the serrated edges though.
Doesn't look exactly right, but maybe a quenelle spoon?