Spoon
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A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mo
Stainless steel bouillon (soup) spoon
Sasanian spoon and fork (4th century)
Assorted spoons of the Roman world (British Museum)
Medieval spoons with seal top
Fork
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In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can s
Spoon
…for eating liquid or semi-liquid foods, such as soup, stew or ice cream, and very small or powdery solid items which cannot be easily lifted with a fork, such as rice, sugar, cereals and green peas. In Southeast Asia, spoons are the primary utensil used for eating; forks are used to push foods such as…
From left to right: pastry fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, carving fork
Mycenaean Greek grave finds, 16th century BC, including a Bronze fork
Bronze forks made in Persia during the 8th or 9th century