I debated whether this should go into the GD forum and thought about MPSIMS, but decided it would be pointless to ask it there…
As I sit here eating my lunch, I find myself contemplating the meaning of life and other really deep stuff. I wonder why the spork, undeniably the greatest eating utensil known to man, isn’t a staple of fine cutlery. I know this because I’ve been looking for new flatware and note that there is not a spork among any set I’ve seen. Why so? Sporks are infinitely more useful that those little cocktail forks…
In fact, the only non-plastic sporks I’ve seen are those wooden salad servers and an old zinc plated army issue thing. So the real question, and yes there is a bit of a serious question here… has anyone seen a proper flatware set that contains sporks?
My parents had something like a spork that came with their flatware set. There was only one of them, so I assume it’s intended for serving and not for eating with (it’s about the size of a tablespoon). Since “spork” is a proprietary name, most flatware manufacturers probably have a different name for them. A Runcible spoon is something similar, but I couldn’t find any on the Oneida website, so maybe they use yet another name.
One site I found says they are popular in Japan. Perhaps you could find a website selling Japanese flatware sets.
Ever noticed that sporks are the perfect utensil for eating Ramen noodles? Use a regular spoon and you’ll never get a grip on the slippery suckers. With a spork you get noodles and broth all at once!!!
