Microwavable spoons? Where?

[Weird Harold]

I need some shopping help.

I'm tired of my plastic spoons melting and warping when I leave them in the soup when I heat it in the microwave. Even if they don't melt or warp, there just isn't a very good selection of plastic spoons that are very durable.

Does anyone one know of a source for microwavable flatware that is made to last? Ceramic or plastic isn't important, but I'm tird of making do with disposable plastic picnic flatware.

 

[pimpslap]

Uhh.. why don't you just take the spoon out before you put it in hte microwave?

 

[peachykeen]

Yeah, why don't you? Take the spoon out. What is the point of leaving it in?

 

[Weird Harold]

Yeah, why don't you? Take the spoon out. What is the point of leaving it in?

To avoid leaving stains on the counter or creating more dirty dishes by finding a plate or cup to put it on to kkeep the counter clean.

 

[midwestyankee]

I have a couple thoughts for you.

First, why not check out a kitchen and cookware store. If they don't carry something that suits your needs, the clerks might know where you could find what you're looking for.

Second idea: pay close attention to the spoons you get with takeout food. Test a few. When you find a takeout place that gives you spoons that you can safely microwave, see if you can talk someone into selling you some on the side (or maybe if you smile really nicely, that cute high school kid who takes your order might just toss a couple dozen into your takeout bag for you).

 

[peachykeen]

To avoid leaving stains on the counter or creating more dirty dishes by finding a plate or cup to put it on to kkeep the counter clean.

LOL you silly man, that is one of the laziest things I ever did hear.

Hint: for your next birthday/father's day/christmas/ whatever, ask someone to get you one of them newfangled gizmos called a spoon rest. They're all the rage with the kids these days.

Or, you know, try a bit of paper towel.

 

[Nonchalant]

To avoid leaving stains on the counter or creating more dirty dishes by finding a plate or cup to put it on to kkeep the counter clean.

See: "Napkins" page 39


everything i eat is either heated up in the microwave.. or george foreman grill. so im often in the same situation as you. I just buy a huge bag of napkins for 3 dollars or so and set the fork/spoon on that.

 

[BirdsWife]

To avoid leaving stains on the counter or creating more dirty dishes by finding a plate or cup to put it on to kkeep the counter clean.

I'm sure you realize, of course, that once you find something that won't melt in the microwave the act of heating it up in the soup will more than likely make it too hot to handle.

 

[Weird Harold]

LOL you silly man, that is one of the laziest things I ever did hear.

Hint: spoon rest.

Yep, I'm a very lazy person and I already have a couple of spoon rests. I just prefer to keep all of the mess in one place.

BirdsWife, the spoons don't heat up any more than the bowl does, but the bowl is microwaveable and doesn't heat up from the microwaves or transmit heat from the contents.

midwestyankee, the Sweetheart brand spoons Wendy's restaruants use hold up fairly well, but they aren't quite high temperature tolerant enough. They're microwaveable enough for heating coffee or water for tea, but not for soups.

 

[CelticFrog]

okay, I'm going to go off on some tangents here. (none are intended to be critical in any way)

First... why is the spoon starting out in the soup? Are you required to stir it before heating? If that's the case, then I can see one's consternation regarding dirty counter spots.

Second... are you totally repulsed against the idea of getting ANY cold soup in your mouth? If not, then you could always consider the mildly dangerous (sic) practice of placing the spoon in your mouth to await the microwave's completion of heat transfer.
*note -- do not run with spoon in mouth!

Third... there is the option of placing the spoon on a napkin or piece of paper towel... but then you may have to go through an extra second or two of peeling the paper product away from said spoon.

Fourth... would the extra expense of finding a heat- and microwave-safe spoon be worth the extra effort? Would it have to be disposable? If not disposable, then would the process of cleaning it be required to be easy?

Fifth... instead of a spoon rest (which I also loathe to dirty sometimes) could you consider a glass/can/pen cup type thing to place the spoon in while heating the food? Essentially a spoon rest, but could with minimal effort be reused and washed only once every few days. Depends on how obsessive you are about germs.

Just a few comments.
Ang

 

[midwestyankee]

Yep, I'm a very lazy person and I already have a couple of spoon rests. I just prefer to keep all of the mess in one place.

BirdsWife, the spoons don't heat up any more than the bowl does, but the bowl is microwaveable and doesn't heat up from the microwaves or transmit heat from the contents.

midwestyankee, the Sweetheart brand spoons Wendy's restaruants use hold up fairly well, but they aren't quite high temperature tolerant enough. They're microwaveable enough for heating coffee or water for tea, but not for soups.

I was thinking of some sturdier ones I get from Noodles & Company. Have never tried them for this purpose, but they are thicker than anything I have ever gotten from Wendy's.

And, btw, does it seem to you (based on some of the responses here) that some people just don't enjoy an engineering challenge when they see one?

 

[warrior queen]

have you thought of the possibility that the reason plastic spoons haven't been designed for use in the microwave, could be due to the fact that certain plastics become unstable when heated in a microwave, and release toxic chemicals into the food?

this happens a lot, and more people should be aware of what actually happens to some plastics when subjected to microwave energy.

oh, and if you're that desperate, why not try ceramic?
if you can't find ordinary spoons in ceramic, try the chinese ones.

 

[peachykeen]

I can't help it. It just makes me think of how the US spent like a billion dollars developing a pen that can write out in space without gravity, and the Russians just took a pencil.

 

[sheath]

I can't help it. It just makes me think of how the US spent like a billion dollars developing a pen that can write out in space without gravity, and the Russians just took a pencil.

LMAO

That puts a LOT of things in perspective...

S.

 

[Kemet]

You know contrary to popular idea it is not dangerouse to microwave metal. Although be warned the metal gets very hot

 

[Mary Hall]

I can't help it. It just makes me think of how the US spent like a billion dollars developing a pen that can write out in space without gravity, and the Russians just took a pencil.

Yeah, it was soooo obvious they just needed a pencil, they wasted all that money when they could have used it on something useful like hospitals

 

[Bobmi357]

To quote matrix:


"There is no spoon"

Its all in your mind.

 

[Zergplex]

Zergplex Says

Microwavable spoons are straight down in Housewares, two aisles down from discreet affars and foreign affairs. If you see an imposing women wearing leather and a whip then you'v gone to far, your in privite affairs.

-Zergplex

 

[Weird Harold]

okay, I'm going to go off on some tangents here. (none are intended to be critical in any way)

First... why is the spoon starting out in the soup? Are you required to stir it before heating? If that's the case, then I can see one's consternation regarding dirty counter spots.
...
Fourth... would the extra expense of finding a heat- and microwave-safe spoon be worth the extra effort? Would it have to be disposable? If not disposable, then would the process of cleaning it be required to be easy?

The spoon starts out in the soup, (and stays in the soup) because my favorite soups are canned soups that need to be stirred before heating and at least once during heating so that they heat evenly.

The idea of finding microwavable flatware is to stop using disposable flatware.

 

[lovelylisa]

here's a novel idea!

Perhaps.....and maybe just perhaps.....you could take an extra second and "rinse" the spoon in water before you "eat" with it.

 

[NaiveOne]

I always put my spoon in the can it came from before I throw it away, while the soup is heating. Just leave the can on the couter after you dump the soup into the bowl, stir, replace spoon in emptied can, stir midway, place the spon back into can, finish heating, give one final stir leaving spoon in the bowl. And there goes the can-turned spoon holder into the garbage!


I agree with warior queen- toxins from melted plastic are not so safe.

Good luck!

 

[frisky-leo]

To quote matrix:


"There is no spoon"

Its all in your mind.

LMFAO!!!!!! You are too funny!!

 

[BirdsWife]

And there goes the can-turned spoon holder into the garbage!

NO! Don't throw the can away. Recycle it, please.

 

[lovelylisa]

I always put my spoon in the can it came from before I throw it away, while the soup is heating. Just leave the can on the couter after you dump the soup into the bowl, stir, replace spoon in emptied can, stir midway, place the spon back into can, finish heating, give one final stir leaving spoon in the bowl. And there goes the can-turned spoon holder into the garbage!


I agree with warior queen- toxins from melted plastic are not so safe.

Good luck!

That's a fantastic idea!