What's the difference between a spoon and a fork?!


Question: As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines (usually two, three or four) on one end. The fork as an eating utensil was a feature primarily of the West, whereas in East Asia chopsticks were more prevalent. Today, however, forks are increasingly available throughout East Asia as well.
The utensil (usually metal) is used to lift food to the mouth or to hold food in place while cooking or cutting it. Food can be lifted either by spearing it on the tines, or by collecting it on top of the tines, and holding it atop the tines horizontally. To allow for this spoon-like use, the tines are often curved slightly upward.

A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small, shallow bowl at the end of a handle, used primarily for serving and eating liquid, or semi-liquid foods, and solid foods such as rice and cereal which cannot easily be lifted with a fork. Spoons are also used in cooking to measure and mix ingredients.


Answers: As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines (usually two, three or four) on one end. The fork as an eating utensil was a feature primarily of the West, whereas in East Asia chopsticks were more prevalent. Today, however, forks are increasingly available throughout East Asia as well.
The utensil (usually metal) is used to lift food to the mouth or to hold food in place while cooking or cutting it. Food can be lifted either by spearing it on the tines, or by collecting it on top of the tines, and holding it atop the tines horizontally. To allow for this spoon-like use, the tines are often curved slightly upward.

A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small, shallow bowl at the end of a handle, used primarily for serving and eating liquid, or semi-liquid foods, and solid foods such as rice and cereal which cannot easily be lifted with a fork. Spoons are also used in cooking to measure and mix ingredients.

try eating soup with a fork
then a spoon
then you will find out for yourself

You can flawlessly type this question but you dont know the difference between a spoon and fork?

In that case, either eat with your hands or use chopsticks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork

Go to a fast-food restaurant and get a plastic spork.

i hope you got what angel said

Other than the obvious physical differences, spoons are for scooping/digging and forks are for poking.

I am going to be as silly with my answer as you are with the question.

1. Are you aware that there is such a thing now as a 'spork'?

2. I had no idea who they were made for or why. Now I know and you won't worry any more about the difference. Just use whichever end suits you.

I always enjoy a good chuckle. Now we've both had one.





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