# Giant, carved, wooden forks and spoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405 "2025-02-17T01:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/21 "2025-02-19T15:22:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > orange shag carpet. My mother special ordered her stove and refrigerator in avocado green. I remember her raking up the carpet with a big plastic fan shaped thing meant for gathering Autumn leaves. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/22 "2025-02-19T15:24:33Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > My mother special ordered her stove and refrigerator in avocado green. I remember her raking up the carpet with a big plastic fan shaped thing meant for gathering Autumn leaves. Oh, crap. We had the avocado appliances, also, and the shag rake, and a fondue pot. We were such a cliche. But I still have a fondue pot because I like the dish. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/23 "2025-02-19T15:34:17Z")
I thought those giant wooden forks and spoons were for eating those giant resin grapes. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/24 "2025-02-19T15:35:11Z")
Marie’s house is a treasure trove of 60’s-70’s suburban decor, complete with the plastic covered couch. I envy her the tin folding tv tables. Every home used to have them, my grandmother’s were black with pink roses painted on. You can’t find tin tv trays any more. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/25 "2025-02-21T03:06:13Z")
TV tables were great. I thought that in the future (meaning, by now) we would have more stable ones. But I never thought they would go out of style. I suppose you could count nesting tables as their descendant. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/26 "2025-02-21T03:27:35Z")
My dad had them. We had a recliner in the living room, and we used a TV tray as an ‘end table’. The rest of them were nested in the closet. Very handy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/27 "2025-02-21T18:46:43Z")
My mom had a set of those. They hung on the wall of every house she lived in until she moved in with my sister. After she passed away we cleaned out her storage unit and found the spoon. I don’t know what happened to the fork. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/28 "2025-02-21T18:53:36Z")
Too bad you can’t ask your mother, “Where the fork is it?” ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/29 "2025-02-22T00:40:03Z")
I don’t understand this talk of the disappearance of TV tables. If I search Amazon for “TV tray table” there are over 4,000 results. There are various styles, but many are the old fashioned cross-leg folding tables. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/30 "2025-02-22T00:47:21Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > but many are the old fashioned cross-leg folding tables. I looked through a dozen pages and didn’t see the _right_ tables; the ones with the tubular frames and the plastic clips that hold the stamped metal trays on. (Not that we need or want any.) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/31 "2025-02-22T00:50:02Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > There are various styles, but many are the old fashioned cross-leg folding tables. You can find vintage ones on ebay but they are pricey. As is just about anything Mid-Century Modern. Thanks _Mad Men_. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/32 "2025-02-22T00:54:08Z")
Ike and Mamie used them, as did Francisco and Carmen Franco. Deluxe models, no doubt, like these: [![](https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto:eco,c_fit,w_730,h_487/stock%2FPhotograph_of_The_Reagans_eating_on_TV_trays_in_the_White_House_residence_-_NARA_-_198525) ](https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto:eco,c_fit,w_730,h_487/stock%2FPhotograph_of_The_Reagans_eating_on_TV_trays_in_the_White_House_residence_-_NARA_-_198525) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/33 "2025-02-22T10:03:34Z")
I remember those giants forks and spoons (no relation 😉). Great decorative objects in 1970s kitchens, alongside the Avocado Green or Harvest Gold appliances. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/34 "2025-02-22T15:14:01Z")
All I seem to see are big heavy clunky wooden ones. I’m talking about the 1970’s version. The originals (which used to be in 9 out of 10 closets back in the day) are very expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/35 "2025-02-22T15:39:39Z")
I’ve carved a few spoons - it’s quite therapeutic. I carved one that was about a yard long with a bowl the size of a cup and gave it to the local vicar for a prop (or usable spoon - it was food-safe) for Stir-up Sunday. I also carved a walking spoon (a 6 foot long walking stick with a spoon bowl at the end). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405/36 "2025-02-22T18:23:31Z")
Snerk 🤣 I remember Mom saying the set used to have a knife too but it fell off the wall and broke not too long after she had gotten the set. I’ve never seen a set with a knife, just the fork and spoon. Mom also had a lava lamp which my teenaged niece took ownership of and thinks is the coolest thing ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-carved-wooden-forks-and-spoons/1014405.md?page=1)