Since the act of eating probably isn't stressing yuor spoon to the point of breakage, it sould appear it is getting stressed in your pack. As an interim measure, you could try carrying your spoon in your shirt pocket... unless you have a habit of falling front-first against boulders, in which case you have more troubles than spoon-breakage. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />