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[–] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand people that like big forks and big spoons like why

[–] MildlyArdvark@feddit.dk 6 points 9 months ago
[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My largest spoon is just funny. I don't like eating with it, but I appreciate that it's not small enough to be a spoon while at the same time not being large enough to be a ladle.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that an American thing? In Australia, a ladle is the kind of scoop-looking spoon with a handle that goes straight up. What you would use to serve soup. We call spoons that look like big desert spoons ‘Chef’s Spoon’.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I used the word that came more naturally to me, but the Swedish word for it would be "slev" and I'd argue the word can both be a traditional scooped ladle or a huge spoon depending on context. Ladle seemed synonymous.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

I think ladle is more the term in English for the scooped sort, and you would use a descriptor for a large spoon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladle_(spoon)