Why is this spoon bent sideways
Can anyone ID this spoon? I took over a small kitchen and they have this thing. You can ignore the meat sticker, it’s a kosher thing.
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If it is normal table spoon or dessert spoon sized, it is a spoon adjusted for people with limited mobility.
When adjusting for an individual, you would usually adjust the plastic as that is easier, but this is likely been factory adjusted, being a common enough adjustment that it is made in decent numbers.
I have considered training in the field but did not. Such a spoon was an example the school did show in the introduction material.
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What is a sideways spoon for?
Our ladle is a type of spoon used for commonly used for serving and preparing curry, soup, stew, or other foods. It has a long handle terminating in a deep bowl, with the bowl oriented at an angle to the handle to facilitate lifting liquid out of a pot or other vessel and conveying it to a bowl.What are scalloped spoons used for?
This spoon is specifically designed for use in spooning granulated sugar into a container, often a cup with tea or coffee, and the shape of the spoon is meant to accommodate a decent amount of sugar and make sprinkling the sugar out of the spoon easier.What is the big spoon called?
Ladle. This is a larger type of spoon that is used primarily for serving foods that contain a lot of liquid, such as a stew or a soup so that there is not a huge mess when the food is served.Why is a spoon called a spoon?
The word \u201cspoon\u201d derived from cochlea in Greek and Latin, meaning \u201cspiral shell,\u201d because shells were often used as spoons early on due to their shape and size. It wasn't until bones were attached as handles that the spoon we know today began to really take shape.Spoon Bending Tutorial-Julien Magic
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Answer 2
The same kind of spoon is also sold as “learning spoon” for small children that start feeding themselves.
The key is that these angled spoons can be held by grabbing the handle with the fist, which needs fewer fine motor skills than the three-finger grip more customarily used by adults.
Answer 3
It looks like a spoon for the elderly. I have seen them in nursing homes. If that logo was always there, it's probably a promotional item.
Answer 4
Such spoons have been around for a long time. Initially, most of them were tea-spoon size and bent this way primarily to make it easier for mothers to feed their babies and toddlers. In the olden times (when high chairs were even more expensive and considered a luxury and just for the privileged), mothers, nannies or baby sitters used to feed infants by sitting at the table and holding infants in their lap. Therefore, a bent spoon came in handy. Later on, as society progressed, they started manufacturing everyday utensils and products specifically designed for the disabled, for the left handed and so on.
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