Soup spoon
@allknowing (153544)
India
March 14, 2023 2:17am CST
The English left behind loads of things for us to learn specially what goes on the dining table The list is too long and those who are familiar with this will know.
I like many of the things they have left behind specially having a retinue of maids to care for us We had four but in course of time they are now reduced to one maid and one gardener who we keep changing as either they leave or we send them.
We liked using the tea set, having a dessert after a meal, ...........the list is endless.
I can never eat with my fingers as we use the cutlery - fork, spoon, table knife, small spoon for dessert, and spoon for soup. There are a few others too but that we have not included.
What's your story?
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
14 Mar 23
@allknowing Also Moroccans do, I had to eat with fingers when we went there. They did not even supply cutlery.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Mar 23
@LadyDuck You are supposed to lick your fingers too (lol)
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
You must be having a whole load of other tools as well.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
@RebeccasFarm There is no buying here either
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
15 Mar 23
@allknowing I have enough but not too many as I do not like to have chains around my neck if i have to move
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Mar 23
We just get out what we need according to what the meal is
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
15 Mar 23
I use tablespoons for servings small bowls of vegetables etc but other than that I always use a regular spoon to eat with. We had soup spoons when I was growing up and I didn’t like them.
@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
15 Mar 23
I use cutlery most of the time but when possible I use my hands.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
14 Mar 23
In my country, even the less affluent people eat with cutlery. Maybe they don´t have a different fork for each dish but they would never eat with their hands. We only eat a couple of things with our fingers (empanadas are one of them). I don´t know how it is in the younger generation with the example of American TV where everyone seems to eat with their fingers and their don´t sit around a table to eat.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
15 Mar 23
@allknowing Thinking about it we do eat some food with our fingers. But at least in my family, we eat around the table and we do not watch TV while eating. In my house I have only one TV and it is in my room. When someone comes, we dine together and tslk. Sometimes when there´s something very good on TV, we change our eating hours and watch TV before or after eating. At the finals of the Football World Cup, we made appetizers to eat while we were watching the match. After it we ate.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
We do use fingers when we have to deal with crabs Sitting round the dining table is what we have always done but I do not know about today's youngsters -probably eating while watching tv (lol)
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
@marguicha It is tragic that today's world looks at things differently
@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
I have never tried chop sticks nor do we have them
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 23
@allknowing We are Japanese, so it was a must 
- in our house now too.
- in our house now too.1 person likes this
@allknowing (153544)
• India
17 Mar 23
@much2say That is news to me. I always thought you were American
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Mar 23
I think there is also a tool for removing marrow from bones
At the moment the only tools used here are fork, spoon, teaspoon table knife and soup spoon
At the moment the only tools used here are fork, spoon, teaspoon table knife and soup spoon1 person likes this
@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
14 Mar 23
I wasn't taught the "proper" cutlery. My uncle tried to teach me how to set a table, but I didn't really learn.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
And nowadays it is hardly seen as most eat out.
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