Spoons

there are spoons for every kind of scooping up possibility

there are tea spoons
table spoons
coffee spoons
little demitasse spoons for little cups of espresso
soup spoons in several shapes / a round one is for clear soup / a more oval shape is for creamed soup / heh
a bigger spoon is for chile or stews or gumbos or chunky foods that are served in bowls

ladles / servers / a scoop for sugar / one for salt if the salt is in a little dish which prolly has a name too

iced tea spoons tall and thin / use for ice cream sodas too

specialty spoons like "slotted" or the spoon that accompanies the fork as a pair of salad servers

shall i include a coke spoon ?

no ?

okay / how about a spoon shaped and serrated at its point designed to scoop out a segment of grapefruit from between its membranes ?

as a bride my former mother in law (who is now 99) served warmed up half a grapefruit dressed with honey and a marschino cherry as an appetizer at an elegant dinner party she gave for her husband's bosses / this must have been in the 40's / i know of no other time that half a grapefruit was considered an elegant appetizer at a dinner party / smile

she wished to impress them that elegance was part of their every day lives

but when her husband tasted the grapefruit he suddenly exclaimed with astonishment : It's Hot"

she told me this story many years after it happened of course / she laughed at how mortified she had been

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