Registered: 02/03/06
Posts: 6800
Loc: Gateway to Columbia Gorge
Long handle spoon--yes, it's lexan, but used only for packpacking so I doubt I'm being poisoned. If I have to stab something, I use my pocket knife. Forks tend to poke holes in plastic bags, and I do "freezer bag cooking" (really rehydration, not cooking).
For anything small, and easily lost, I tie a tinypiece of reflective tent guyline to it. It's wonderful how it bright glows after dark when you shine your headlamp on it!
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Registered: 01/16/11
Posts: 180
Loc: Tacoma, Washington
I would only add....I also use a small s-biner to attach my spoon to the back pack, and stuff the spoon into some pocket. about the same security measure that i do for my compass
You can try things like Gerber Compleat Tool It’s a fork! It’s a spoon! It’s a spatula and tongs! Incredibly, this nesting set of convenient utensils is all of the above, with a lot of functionality built in for such a compact setup.
I grabbed a long folding spork by Soto that has a slight S-bend. It makes scooping out of food bags a lot easier. The little tines are okay for the rare, but occasional spearing of a chunk of broccoli.
If I lose that one, I'll go back to the MSR folder.
I've been vegetarian for almost 30 years, so I rarely eat anything that couldn't be cut and eaten with a spoon. I realized I was grabbing spoons more often than forks, so I was pretty happy when sporks became popular a few years ago. I collected a bunch of them and tried them out. What I figured out was that a long, folding utensil was important for me, because I wanted it to fold short enough to store it in my cook kit, but long enough to reach down into dehydrated meal bags. I could probably go with a folding long spoon and not miss the tines, but they're nice once in awhile. The bowl on my current favorite is more bowl- than tine-centric which works out for my usage. It's subtle, but that's the one I keep reaching for, for now. I'll probably keep collecting...
... What I figured out was that a long, folding utensil was important for me, because I wanted it to fold short enough to store it in my cook kit, but long enough to reach down into dehydrated meal bags. ...
Since I like shorter spoons and don't really like folders, I started cutting my meals open horizontally instead of vertically, so I didn't need anything long to get to the bottom of the meal.
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