which side of the spoon?

rog.e, May 6, 4:25pm
Soup spoons are made the shape they are for a reason.
Do we drink soup from the side of the spoon or from the end of the spoon?
I think the side but my friend thinks the end.
?
V

retired, May 6, 4:29pm
Soup should be spooned away to the far side of your bowl/dish and drunk from the side of the spoon.

245sam, May 6, 4:29pm
Val, I believe that the correct 'side' IS actually the side but I realise that that is not necessarily what 'we' actually do. :-))

samanya, May 6, 4:54pm
apparently in polite circles, you scoop up the soup, away from you, from the far side of the bowl & that gives it time to 'drip' ... & then drink/eat from the side of the spoon . . that's how I was taught. . that's how the posh people did it in the Victorian age ... signed Mrs Beeton. ;o)

when push comes to shove ... does it matter?

grannypam, May 6, 4:56pm
Nana always said. . eat from the side. .

I hate soup spoons so I always use a desert spoon. . dont ask me why. . lol

bunny51, May 6, 4:58pm
Lol MY husband hates desert spoons and always uses a soup spoon.

margyr, May 6, 4:58pm
using a soup spoon from the side, too big to fit in my mouth from the front. and i hate eating anything other than soup with a soup spoon.

rog.e, May 6, 5:38pm
All good!
V

alebix, May 6, 6:10pm
I was told by my mum that you scoop the soup with the side of the spoon away from you and drink/eat the soup from the side if the spoon closest to you only so you dont burn your mouth on the hot soup. .

samanya, Apr 6, 3:15am
yep... that's what I was getting at @ #4