Friday, March 12, 2021

The Tablespoon

I have lost my favorite tablespoon. It's not a huge big deal. I mean, I have two other sets of measuring spoons, but....

....I have questions. 

How does one lose a favorite tablespoon?

 I mean, it doesn't go anywhere. 

And exactly when did I get a favorite tablespoon? 

I looked in all the drawers. Tim said, "What are you looking for?" and I replied "My favorite tablespoon," and it sounded very stupid. I never even realized I had a favorite tablespoon until I said the words out loud. 

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?


17 comments:

  1. I have a favourite tablespoon and a favourite fork. They were my mothers and must be used for certain dishes that I make. The spoon measures out a perfect ounce of flour. I've often thought that they'd be among the first things I'd grab if there was a fire. So - it all seems perfectly normal to me to have favourite cutlery ;)

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  2. I have certain utensils that I prefer to use for different jobs. As Debbie says, I think it must be something to do with size or the way the handle feels or... the moon / my mood???
    If I lose something like that these days it is usually because I have put it back in the wrong place without thinking. Senior moments? Yesterday I was about to throw some rubbish in the bin that sits in the cupboard beneath the kitchen sink and ended up almost putting it in the saucepan cupboard next door.

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  3. Perhaps it's in the new parking lot? I hate it when things go missing. I am always losing garden secateurs. They always turn up though, eventually.

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  4. Assuming we are talking about the same kind of spoon, we have one tablespoon mostly used as a serving spoon. We use a proper measuring spoon for recipes. It is strange how you can have a favourite tablespoon, and perhaps even a choice of them.

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  5. I have a favourite tablespoon too!
    They hide...until you stop looking for them!!

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  6. I don't have a favorite tablespoon but I do have a favorite 1/3 cup measurer. It sides are sloped just precisely so that I can perfectly portion out salmon cake patties that I mold in it. Several of the other cups in the set have been lost and my wife has two complete other sets but I hang onto that one loner just for salmon cakes.

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  7. What about spatulas? We have pink, mauve and white. I gravitate to pink. I must be in touch with my feminine side. :)

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  8. I remember one time talking to my son's friend about spoons. He always thought a spoon was a spoon. I showed him a tea spoon, a table spoon. a soup spoon, a sugar spoon and I forget now if there were any others. Maybe a grapefruit spoon. - He was amazed! Ha Ha!

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  9. I'm talking about measuring spoons, which in our non-metric country, come in tablespoon (tbls), teaspoon (tsp) 1/2 teaspoon and 1/4 teaspoon. Putting it in the wrong place is a distinct possibility. When I get in a rush, I do stupid things.

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  10. I must confess that I have similar attachments to ostensibly unexceptional household items. It never used to be this way. I don't know what the hell happened.

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  11. I secretly worry that it means I am entering my dotage. If only you'd have seen my excitement earlier in the week as I unpacked my new carpet shampooer...

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  12. In my case it would fall into a crack. Between the stove and counter, behind the cupboard, like that.

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  13. LOL -- I'm not sure Joni was talking about silverware, but I guess that expression applies to anything! Could it have gone in your trash? Sometimes silverware winds up in a box or bag (especially if you've been eating/scooping something from said box or bag) and winds up being thrown away. Time to scour the trash bags!

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  14. I have a favourite small knife, I hate it if hubby uses it. Only because he never puts it back where it should be.

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  15. Might it have fallen down the back of something, or have been put in the garbage in error, or even in the fridge? I eventually found my spectacles in the egg tray of the fridge once :) Never did find the missing eggs though, ha ha.

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  16. I don't have a favorite tablespoon but I do have a kitchen timer shaped like an owl. He has a name and I talk to him while I'm cooking. He's very old and his bell only works intermittently but I don't mind. I keep checking up on him and when it's time for him to ring I remind him.

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  17. all of you make me feel very normal. Thanks for that!

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