Taking Sides: Teaspoons vs. Tablespoons

Agree.

only babies with baby mouths use teaspoons. big men with big men mouths use tablespoons to eat their oatmeal.

i probably should have made this a poll

teaspoons are for idiot chattering Victorians. Tablespoons are for people who eat / slurp with gusto.

they're so big though, if I eat cereal with a tablespoon I'm done in like 1-2 minutes. teaspons allow me to enjoy my food.

Tablespoons are good for soup and such, but when you've got a really good pudding and you want to make it last you break out the teaspoon.

Christ, some of you have stunted girl mouths.

yeah y'all need to learn to open wide

"JESUS GAWD HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO EAT WITH THIS MASSIVE SPOON?" <--- this is never a question I have ever had cause to ask

Brainwasher, I appreciate the feeling behind it, but any argument where you have to trick yourself with different cutlery in order to eat things at the speed you want makes you look worse than the cutlery

WHY NOT JUST DISLOCATE YOUR JAW AND SWALLOW SHIT WHOLE??

now see Dan i did ask myself that question WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD

Is this American tablespoons y'all?

For Britishers (though I'm sure I'll be swiftly corrected) isn't the bottom one there a dessert spoon?

Tablespoon is twice as large again (or thereabouts).

I don't mind tablespoons -- if there's one on top of the pile in the silverware drawer, I won't hesitate to grab it -- but if I'm being honest with myself, I probably prefer the teaspoon, especially for eating cereal (which makes up like 80% of the time I use a spoon).

I like the tablespoon, one of which I am using to eat some delicious cereal RIGHT NOW. A teaspoon is like a chair that's two inches too short and you feel silly bcz yr knees are in the air a bit.

teaspoon is good for ice cream.

fingers

I've never used a spoon of any size to eat fingers.

Yeah. They fall off. You need a fork.

i eat fingers with my hands

thank you this thread for bringing the phrase "STUNTED GIRL MOUTHS" into my life

gah i hate tablespoons so hueg

people who cant handle tablespoons should probably just hang it all up and eat through a feeding tube

this is what happens when you google baby mouth

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lh3.google.com/_foh7hnrTuKc/R1s--ANkiYI/AAAAAAAAIgI/pdN19Lorm58/s800/1196530284877.jpg&imgrefurl=http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uEyMNIILGRjLQwKl0LZWGQ&h=371&w=300&sz=16&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=SM01YTId5jWolM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaby%2Bmouths%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

http://lh4.ggpht.com/joetierney/R1s--ANkiYI/AAAAAAAAIgI/S-bfbkBDaow/1196530284877.jpg?imgmax=320

see even that tiny baby can eat using three tablespoons WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE REST OF YOU

its not impossible for me to use a tablespoon its just a totally uncouth implement is all

for soup i use a nice round deep soup spoon - for ice cream and cereal etc i choose the pleasant and cooperative teaspoon

with a tablespoon you can control how much you put in it. if you want a big mouthful, you fill it up. if you want a medium size mouthful you fill it up halfway. all you get with a baby spoon is baby size baby bites for babies.

i have the pure open mind of a baby - ur a bitter old tablespoons brandishing crank

Next up: crab forks vs. man-sized forks.

i am more experienced with different kinds of food besides "mush" and "glop" and "tapioca pudding." i eat hearty stews and rich savory soups with my big man spoon.

hey tapioca pudding is delicious!

and easy to eat while teething

*ffffft* tapioca pudding! now who's the bitter old crank? next you will be telling me about your gout.

i am going to start eating with a ladle just to show all you fuckers how its done

ur just jealous of all the pudding im abt to eat w/my perfect lil spoon

CANT TALK RIGHT NOW BUSY FASHIONING SHOW-YOU-UP SPOON OUT OF MIXING BOWL AND AXE HANDLE

joshea babymouth isn't it past your bedtime?

i have a v pretty mouth btw

some people can't handle big boy spoons, i.e.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5tJinfCBVw

see to yr uncivilized mind choosing to forsake the misproportioned tablespoon is the same as not being able to use it - i pity your primitive angry mind i really do

I wd still like an answer to above question are US tablespoons smaller than UK/AU ones? Cause our tablespoons are strictly a measurement spoon, they are HUGE and you wouldn't eat with one, you would look daft.

Regular sized spoon for soup or dessert - much smaller than tablespoon, but a lot larger than teaspoon obv.

I tried to find a comprative image but couldnt.

http://www.imperialhalfbushel.com/1303-34.jpg

Starter fork, main fork, tablespoon, dessert spoon, teaspoon

Wikipedia says aus tablespoon = 20ml or 4 teaspoons, uk tablespoon only = 15ml or 3 teaspoons (dessert spoon = 10ml); but I don't believe it, I'm sure uk ones are bigger. However I don't own any tablespoons so canna compare.

Yeah 20ml sounds about right.

Teaspoons all the way. I hate having to use big spoons, except for with soup perhaps. But for cereal and puddings I'm a definite teaspoon man.

In restaurants I will steal teaspoons from tea/coffee when it comes to dessert time. I'm usually too embarrassed to ask for one though. Perhaps I should start taking one with me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSb-nV8l2QY

UGH. I HATE TABLESPOONS!!