Comment on With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?

Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is the opposite of my experience. I find usually, not always, cake comes with a spoon. I prefer a fork.

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    On a ddg image search, most images that include cutlery include a fork. Only a few include a spoon.

    duckduckgo.com/?q=cake+slice+on+a+plate&iar=image…

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    • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’ll show this to the staff in the places I frequent next time they give me a spoon with my cake order, thanks

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  • Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m surprised to hear that. Not sure I’ve ever been given a spoon. Why do you prefer a fork? Doesn’t some fall through?

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    • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It doesn’t fall, unless we are talking about something extremely crumbly such as thousand layer cake. Which to be fair is also a pain to eat with a spoon, or any kind of cutlery. I find the flat profile of the fork is excellent to cut a small portion of the cake away without upsetting the rest of the cake structure. I can’t say the same about the curve of the spoon, which forces a scooping motion that often messes up the cake. I also find that the curved edge of the spoon makes it difficult to lift any crumbs from a flat plate surface. If I can’t lift crumbs with the fork’s edge, I can always press them down flat between the prongs and lift them. The curved shape of the spoon doesn’t allow for this. Finally, I prefer how the fork feels in my mouth as opposed to the spoon.

      So, these are my reasons for preferring a fork over a spoon when eating cake. Interesting to see people making a case for the opposite, but hey that’s exactly what I wanted to know.

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      • Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Well my opinion may be skewed a bit since I have celiac and can only eat gluten free cake which usually falls apart. I can see your point as I remember crushing the crumbs with the tines back in my gluten years. Harder to do with a spoon.

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