Spreading things: knife or spoon? (1 Viewer)

[Peyton Marino]

Who ya got?

 

[FUBAR]

depends on what you're spreading

 

[Peyton Marino]

depends on what you're spreading

how u mean?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

How is this a question?

 

[mr roboto]

Only time I use a spoon is if I used the spoon to get the spread out of the container and I'm too lazy to get a second utensil and wash an extra item.

Otherwise knife is superior in virtually all cases.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Spoons have two purposes:

Soup/cereal & little children

 

[FUBAR]

depends on what you're spreading

how u mean?

am I spreading brown sugar on my oatmeal or sugar on my cheerios?

assuming you mean butter, jelly, etc, the answer is knife. (and the question somewhat ridiculous)

 

[shuke]

am I spreading brown sugar on my oatmeal or sugar on my cheerios?

That's sprinkling, not spreading.

 

[Chadstroma]

Depends.

As an example. P&B and Jelly- the ideal for P&B is a knife but a spoon is ideal for the Jelly.

 

[mr roboto]

Depends.

As an example. P&B and Jelly- the ideal for P&B is a knife but a spoon is ideal for the Jelly.

Only because a spoon is ideal to get the jelly out of the jar. The spoon is not better than the knife for spreading.

 

[Peyton Marino]

I went to get a bagel with a coworker this morning. It was one of those places where they give you the cream cheese and you spread it yourself. I noticed they gave us knives and I said "what you really want is a spoon". He looked at me as if he had just seen a ghost.

I've always found spoons easier

 

[FlapJacks]

next poll:

better for eating soup:

spoon

knife

 

[Peyton Marino]

Spoons have two purposes:

Soup/cereal & little children

this is an absolute FIRE take

 

[5-ish Finkle]

This has been gone over on here before.

Unless you are some kind of animal you don't use a spoon as anything other than a spoon. Spreading is the knife's job.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

next poll:

better for eating soup:

spoon

knife

Better for slicing bread:

Knife

Tennis Shoe

That's what using a spoon to spread anything is comparable to.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Ignore one of the two votes for spoon - I clicked the wrong button. I was in shock at the thought of purposely spreading something with a spoon that I must have been trying to click it away.

Isn't that what they do in prison?

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Ignore one of the two votes for spoon - I clicked the wrong button. I was in shock at the thought of purposely spreading something with a spoon that I must have been trying to click it away.

Isn't that what they do in prison?

Pretty sure they just use a toothbrush for everything.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Better for stabbing:

Knife

Loaf of Bread

 

[bro1ncos]

Depends.

As an example. P&B and Jelly- the ideal for P&B is a knife but a spoon is ideal for the Jelly.

This

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Better for brushing teeth:

Toothpaste

Lava

 

[Peyton Marino]

OK - what if you have to spread something around in a bowl and can't get a good angle using a knife? The curvature of the spoon would certainly help in that case, no?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

OK - what if you have to spread something around in a bowl and can't get a good angle using a knife? The curvature of the spoon would certainly help in that case, no?

Rubber/silicon spatula

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Are you on an deserted island or something?

 

[5-ish Finkle]

OK - what if you have to spread something around in a bowl and can't get a good angle using a knife? The curvature of the spoon would certainly help in that case, no?

When is the last time you slathered the bottom of a bowl with something?

If you mean putting sugar onto something in a bowl, as was mentioned prior that isn't "spreading." That is "sprinkling" and clearly is a job for the spoon.

If you meant when you're trying to smear peanut butter into an empty cereal bowl......then I think you're the only person on Earth doing that.

 

[arrow1]

wiener

 

[Peyton Marino]

OK - what if you have to spread something around in a bowl and can't get a good angle using a knife? The curvature of the spoon would certainly help in that case, no?

When is the last time you slathered the bottom of a bowl with something?

pretty standard practice when making a layered dip.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Spoons have two purposes:

Soup/cereal & little children

this is an absolute FIRE take

When I go to a restaurant (for breakfast, lunch, or dinner) there are two utensils on the table - a fork and knife (sometimes multiple forks). When they bring bread and butter they don't bring a spoon. The only time a spoon is brought to the table is if it is accompanying a bowl of soup.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

The only time a spoon is brought to the table is if it is accompanying a bowl of soup.

Or, apparently, if you're building your own layered dip at the table.

 

[FUBAR]

am I spreading brown sugar on my oatmeal or sugar on my cheerios?

That's sprinkling, not spreading.

I want to argue with this, but I like it.

 

[Peyton Marino]

HARD DELETE

 

[Thorn]

Better for combing hair:

Comb

Rock

 

[fantasycurse42]

Better for making s'mores:

Graham Crackers

Bread

 

[Peyton Marino]

I've used a spoon handle in a pinch for spreading.

oh COME ON

 

[Thorn]

Better for raking leaves:

Rake

Sports car

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Better for solving math equations:

Calculator

MOP

 

[Thorn]

Better for digging a hole:

Shovel

Cheez-its

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Better in an eat-off

Shuke

A baby bird

 

[Hoss Style]

Better for holding beer:

Pint Glass

Cat

 

[fantasycurse42]

Better for retirement:

Bitcoins

401k

 

[Chadstroma]

Depends.

As an example. P&B and Jelly- the ideal for P&B is a knife but a spoon is ideal for the Jelly.

Only because a spoon is ideal to get the jelly out of the jar. The spoon is not better than the knife for spreading.

touche

 

[E-Z Glider]

When I worked in a restaurant, we had a flat, spoon-like thing that we used to spread mayo on sammiches. It was the perfect spreading utensil, but not sure it would be classified as a spoon.

 

[sartre]

Spreading sauce onto something large and flat like a pizza crust, is the only time a spoon makes any sense over a knife.

 

[Hov34]

Knifey Spoony

 

[xulf]

A spoon is good for spreading pizza sauce on a pizza, pasta sauce when making lasagna, sour cream when making sour creamy things, really anything that is more liquidy. The knife is by far superior for butter, peanut butter, jam/jelly, and most normal spreading items.

 

[larch]

Ignore one of the two votes for spoon - I clicked the wrong button. I was in shock at the thought of purposely spreading something with a spoon that I must have been trying to click it away.

Clicking "Delete My Vote" button down?

 

[Da Guru]

Fingers down?

 

[Sinn Fein]

Better to use as a cup:

A. Cup

B. Strainer

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Spatula, but who thinks of it when knifes are so ubiquitous and handy.

 

[sports_fan]

I'll use a spoon to scoop stuff of of the container if I can't really get it with a knife. But even then I'll do the actual spreading with a knife.

 

[Ignoramus]

When I worked in a restaurant, we had a flat, spoon-like thing that we used to spread mayo on sammiches. It was the perfect spreading utensil, but not sure it would be classified as a spoon.

By definition it cannot be flat -and- spoon-like.