uri geller's silverware drawer

uri geller
Originally uploaded by Tygh.

We have two ice cream scoops in our house. You collect these things when you raise kids. One of them is a solid white plastic model with a small scooping part, a handle that is fairly large and easy to grip. The second scoop is a clear plastic one that is larger and has a clever little rubber piece at the bottom of the scooping part so you can sort of push the ice cream where you want it.

Both of these devices are essentially worthless.

Clearly, nothing scoops ice cream like a medium-sized stainless steel spoon. The only downside of using normal household silverware for this task is that the failure rate is quite high.

A typical spoon will be slightly distorted with the first use as an ice cream scoop. After a few dozen uses, it is only an approximation of its original shape. The bending back and forth actually appears to soften the metal of the spoon because once they begin to fail, they bend much more easily. I have articles of silverware that are bent - not just front to back, but side to side.

These bendy spoons are surreal to use in normal eating situations. Even if you paid attention to yourself eating, there is a gap in your visual continuity as you bring a spoon up close to your mouth. You might not realize this, but the eating part of a spoon necessarily goes out of sight just before you take a bite. What takes over is your muscle memory and years of practice with one end of a utensil in your hand putting the other end somewhere under your nose. Even a 20 degree variation in side-to-side straightness takes a few bites to get used to.

"Titanium Spoon makes the Dishes Better Taste"

Now here is a potential solution brought to you by the Horie Corporation "I.T.A." I am guessing that these spoons will be light weight and more rigid than stainless.

Just a thought.