# Types of spoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 15, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883 "2001-06-15T03:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/1 "2001-06-15T03:00:38Z")
Okay, I will admit it, Martha Stewart I’m not. However, I am purchasing a new set of flatware, and one of the options is whether or not the set includes “Mocha Spoons”. What the heck are Mocha spoons? ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/2 "2001-06-15T04:05:00Z")
It seems that a mocha spoon is either a) a chocolate spoon or b) a regular spoon, where the business end of the spoon has been dipped in chocolate. These are good spoons if you are serving coffee and your guests want something a little tastier than Folger’s brew. Not that they eat the spoons. They use them to stir their coffee, and the spoon sheds the chocolate and transforms it into a mocha. I know you didn’t ask for any other types of spoons, but your title for the post _was_ “types of spoons,” so I’ll write down the interesting spoons I know. Maybe someone wants to make the Official Straight Dope Spoon Inventory? Here. I’ll start. 1. **Mocha spoon.** 2. **Runcible spoon.** This is a kind of spoon that was made up by Edward Lear, so that the Owl and the Pussycat could have something with which to eat their slices of quince that could fit into an anapestic meter. 3. **"Spoon" as an insult.** This one-ups the old “Not the sharpest knife in the drawer” bit. Not only is the person not the sharpest knife, they are so dumb that they aren’t _even_ a knife - they are a dull spoon, only fit for eating yogurt and oatmeal. We have taken one of our cats Spoon, after she was frightened by a glass of Sprite and fell off the counter. Not to say that she isn’t a great cat - just not a smart cat. So - who else knows some good spoons? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/3 "2001-06-15T08:19:42Z")
Spoonerism - to reverse some initial letters in a phrase and thereby cause hilarity. Named after some bloke. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/4 "2001-06-15T18:54:53Z")
I would guess that it’s another name for a coffee spoon, which is slightly smaller than a teaspoon. Or it could be a demitasse spoon, which is smaller yet. See [here](http://www.silversuperstore.com/place_spoons.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/5 "2001-06-15T19:22:10Z")
We cannot forget The Tick’s battle cry: SPOOOOOOON!!! ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/6 "2001-06-15T19:56:50Z")
Thanx, I guess… I’ll just chalk it up as one of those Martha Stewart words… ---
**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:** [June 15, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/7 "2001-06-15T20:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _They Call Me Sneeze asked_ > So - who else knows some good spoons? Well, there’s me. 😃 But I don’t take it as an insult. As for good spoons other than me (ahem), does anybody remember soda spoons? Great long handles on a teaspoon-sized bowl. You used them in ice-cream sodas, so you could get all the goop out of the bottom of the glass. Been a long while since I’ve seen one. Heck, it’s been a long while since I’ve seen an ice-cream soda. But if you have an ice-cream soda, then a soda spoon is a good spoon to have. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/8 "2001-06-15T22:10:42Z")
From [http://www.knet.co.za/coffeejvd/](http://www.knet.co.za/coffeejvd/) : > [@](#): > > What size spoon do you use? > > ``` > It is extremely enjoyable to stir the coffee slowly before bringing the black liquid to one's lips. > The small capacity of the cup requires the use of a mocha spoon, which is slimmer and more > aesthetic than the dessert spoon. > > ``` These goons also spell it “expresso” though, so perhaps a grain of salt is warranted. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/9 "2001-06-16T19:49:28Z")
What do you call that big serving spoon with the holes in it? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/10 "2001-06-16T19:55:36Z")
There’s a salt spoon, which to my eye looks more like Barbie’s serving spoon, but is, apparently, no joke. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-spoons/68883/11 "2001-06-16T20:01:05Z")
Soda spoons are sometimes also called “iced tea spoons” or similar names. They are still around but definitely not common. The serving spoon with the holes in it is called a slotted spoon or slotted serving spoon.