Eating Ice Cream ... what type of spoon?

[ipsedixit]

Metal, plastic or wood?

What's your weapon of choice when attacking ice cream with a spoon (say an Ice Cream Sundae or a banana split)?

I think my preference is as follows:

1. Metal
2. Wood
3. Plastic

That said, sometimes I'm just happy to get the darn stuff into my mouth, no matter the means ...

[fourunder]

Small cup...small spoon

Large bowl.....large spoon

Out of the house....whatever they give me

In my home.....metal.....teaspoon, tablespoon, soup spoon, Iced tea spoon...whichever one I grab first out of the drawer.

[BiscuitBoy]

No matter the means...As long as you lick the plate (or bowl for you novices)

[Babyducks]

I prefer a plastic spoon or a baby spoon.

[rockycat]

My father was once told by a proprietor of a Manhattan ice creamery that if you must use a metal utensil to eat ice cream it should be a fork, not a spoon. The theory was that, since metal conducts cold, the larger area of the spoon's bowl would convey the cold to your tongue, thereby numbing your taste buds. The lesser area of the fork's tines would cause less numbing. Having said that, I've never seen my father use anything but a metal spoon to eat ice cream.

[Hue]

If you are using a metal spoon..to get the full flavor of the ice cream, when you put the spoon in your mouth put it in upside down so the first thing hitting your tongue is the ice cream not the spoon!!!

[ricepad]

I dearly want to use a snow shovel, but Mrs. ricepad says, "no".

[Rmis32]

Back in the day, the most enjoyable way to eat ice cream w/ friends was w/ no hands, no utensils.

Yea, everyone smoked pot back then.

[bagelman01]

Metal>>>>>>>>>>>and I greatly prefer silver to stainless. Many years ago, my mother got Manchester Silver in RI to make 24 ice cream sporks to match her sterling pattern. They are now mine <VBG>
Plastic breaks too easilly in hard ice cream
'Wood doesn't hold enough to make using it worthwile.

[nofunlatte]

Metal spoon with a small bowl (bowl of the spoon, not bowl as in the dessert dish!). At home, I'm partial to my iced tea spoone--long handle, small bowl, perfect! Tiny dessert spoons are okay, too, though I prefer the long, slender handle of the iced tea spoon

[Rick]

iced tea spoon for me to! Makes it less messy to get way down to the bottom of the carton where the ice cream is partially melted. Yes, I eat right out of the container!

[jmorri26]

I didn't even think of wood spoons til you wrote that, but I used to LOVE ice cream as a kid with those flat small wood "spoons." Oh man, that was the best!

Nowadays at home I like the smallest metal spoon I can find (baby food spoons or those tiny spoons for palate cleansers or small bites) Then I get to enjoy it longer!

[Gio]

"Those flat small wooden 'spoons' " came with Hoodsies. The ice cream in a cup from Hood. I Loved Those!!!

[roro1831]

I absolutely hate the small wooden spoons. Something about them, maybe the way it scraped across the top of your teeth, just gives me the chills. And the thought of them actually gives me the chills, my wife laughs at me whenever I talk about using the wooden spoons and I actually shake while I'm doing it.

[meatn3]

I like to use a tiny metal spoon too! I can trick myself and get away with a smaller serving.

[babette feasts]

There was some movie - Monster's Ball? - where the leads both found comfort in chocolate ice cream with a plastic spoon. I never really got why the plastic spoon was supposed to be important or preferable. Because it doesn't get cold?

Wooden spoons and popsicle sticks give me fingernails-on-chalkboard shivers.

[cheesecake17]

I hate wood spoons for ice cream or for anything. The sound just bothers me. Worst offender are those paddle-like wood spoons used for scraping ices.