New Teaspoon Advice Please

[Blib]

NDA said:

marshalla said:

far too many vortex-generating fins on it for my liking. Takes all the skill out of the sport.

They said there were too many dimples on golf balls in the early days. You're being a luddite.

I say more fins and let's Steer It UP! (As they say in Jamaica).

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

[DanielSan]

Blib said:

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

The stirring noobs see it as 'evening the balance' unskilled buffoons should learn to stir without stirring aids not rely on them.

[Mark-C]

Well it's taken me three nights and two bottles of wine but I have made it from page one to page one hundred and eleven. What an absolutely spectacularly laugh out loud grin it's been :-)

Well done (almost) all

I'm about to ask the future Mrs-C for a new teaspoon as an engagement gift in exchange for the ring she has her eye on ... I'm thinking one of those "international rescue" ones as shown on Top Gear is the way to go ...

[DanielSan]

For those who haven't seen it yet, the first episode of the new PHTV even promises a teaspoon review or two. They'd better deliver, this is a popular thread and there will be a genuine thirst, mostly for tea.

[marshalla]

Mark-C said:

I'm about to ask the future Mrs-C for a new teaspoon as an engagement gift in exchange for the ring she has her eye on ... I'm thinking one of those "international rescue" ones as shown on Top Gear is the way to go ...

Gimmickry, pure gimmickry. You'd be better off with a traditional "Crusoe" model with the correct concavity of bowl which serves for stirring, slurping and focussing the sun's rays to start a fire so you can make a brew in the first place. In extremis it can also start a signal fire if you're that way inclined.

I believe that Heckmondwike of Osmotherley have some nice examples in silver, with proper filigree details, which would be suitable for an engagement gift.

[DanielSan]

Do you not find that particular model rather pretentious though? As a pure showpiece it's acceptable, as a gift and indeed, a token of one's love to another, something a bit more personal in design is the way to go.

Something like a Spanish Manuelabla with ivory detailing is far more suitable. The gimmickery of fire lighting just isn't needed in this sort of purchase.

[Blib]

DanielSan said:

For those who haven't seen it yet, the first episode of the new PHTV even promises a teaspoon review or two. They'd better deliver, this is a popular thread and there will be a genuine thirst, mostly for tea.

I know! How cool is that? I do hope that don't go down the 'common or cutlery drawer' route just to add to the viewing figures.

[marshalla]

DanielSan said:

Something like a Spanish Manuelabla with ivory detailing is far more suitable. The gimmickery of fire lighting just isn't needed in this sort of purchase.

I'm always suspicious of anything that originated in a land of chocolate drinkers.

[wack]

I haven't read through the full 111 pages but n answer to the OPs question , stainless steel with an electro magnet at the bottom of the bin.

This saves having to buy new ones every 6 months

[DanielSan]

wack said:

I haven't read through the full 111 pages but n answer to the OPs question , stainless steel with an electro magnet at the bottom of the bin.

This saves having to buy new ones every 6 months

I'm speechless at every element of this post.

[NDA]

DanielSan said:

Blib said:

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

The stirring noobs see it as 'evening the balance' unskilled buffoons should learn to stir without stirring aids not rely on them.

Yeah - what-evvvva!

I was:

1st place - Castle Bromwich 'Speed Stir'
1st place - The Erdington Tea Exhibition
Bronze in Croydon last year
2nd in Fremington Vintage Display

It's only since dislocating my knee during the Exeter pro-am stir-in that I've come off top form. So I'd hardly describe myself as a 'stirring noob'.

[0a]

Man: "Doctor, whenever I drink my coffee, I get a sharp pain in my eye. What should I do?"

Doctor: "Just remove the spoon from your cup."

[Blib]

NDA said:

DanielSan said:

Blib said:

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

The stirring noobs see it as 'evening the balance' unskilled buffoons should learn to stir without stirring aids not rely on them.

Yeah - what-evvvva!

I was:

1st place - Castle Bromwich 'Speed Stir'
1st place - The Erdington Tea Exhibition
Bronze in Croydon last year
2nd in Fremington Vintage Display

It's only since dislocating my knee during the Exeter pro-am stir-in that I've come off top form. So I'd hardly describe myself as a 'stirring noob'.

They're all 'walk-up' tournaments. I notice there are no officially sanctioned B.T.S.S.A events on that list.

Second rate.

[john2443]

DanielSan said:

wack said:

I haven't read through the full 111 pages but n answer to the OPs question , stainless steel with an electro magnet at the bottom of the bin.

This saves having to buy new ones every 6 months

I'm speechless at every element of this post.

Agreed, standards are falling on here, only cheap stainless is magnetic, decent stuff isn't so would be lost from the bin.

The only sensible solution is to get the maid to search the bins for cutlery before emptying them, or even better, train her to look after the spoons more carefully and not bin them to start with.

[marshalla]

wack said:

I haven't read through the full 111 pages but n answer to the OPs question , stainless steel with an electro magnet at the bottom of the bin.

There speaks a true 'bagger.

This isn't the place for you.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Blib said:

NDA said:

DanielSan said:

Blib said:

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

The stirring noobs see it as 'evening the balance' unskilled buffoons should learn to stir without stirring aids not rely on them.

Yeah - what-evvvva!

I was:

1st place - Castle Bromwich 'Speed Stir'
1st place - The Erdington Tea Exhibition
Bronze in Croydon last year
2nd in Fremington Vintage Display

It's only since dislocating my knee during the Exeter pro-am stir-in that I've come off top form. So I'd hardly describe myself as a 'stirring noob'.

They're all 'walk-up' tournaments. I notice there are no officially sanctioned B.T.S.S.A events on that list.

Second rate.

you were escorted out of Fremington weren't you, Blib? some sort of unpleasantness?
and the doormen at Castle Bromwich had photocopied sheets with your face on, in case you tried to turn up again

[Tallow]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Blib said:

NDA said:

DanielSan said:

Blib said:

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

The stirring noobs see it as 'evening the balance' unskilled buffoons should learn to stir without stirring aids not rely on them.

Yeah - what-evvvva!

I was:

1st place - Castle Bromwich 'Speed Stir'
1st place - The Erdington Tea Exhibition
Bronze in Croydon last year
2nd in Fremington Vintage Display

It's only since dislocating my knee during the Exeter pro-am stir-in that I've come off top form. So I'd hardly describe myself as a 'stirring noob'.

They're all 'walk-up' tournaments. I notice there are no officially sanctioned B.T.S.S.A events on that list.

Second rate.

you were escorted out of Fremington weren't you, Blib? some sort of unpleasantness?
and the doormen at Castle Bromwich had photocopied sheets with your face on, in case you tried to turn up again

Doesn't take long for the old wounds to open, does it? Spooning is a wonderful, heritage filled sport. Could we focus on the positives please? If we don't, then how are we ever going to encourage a new generation of pro-stirrers to approach the sport properly and lead a good example for the generation after that?

[DanielSan]

NDA said:

Yeah - what-evvvva!

I was:

1st place - Castle Bromwich 'Speed Stir'
1st place - The Erdington Tea I Exhibition
Bronze in Croydon last year
2nd in Fremington Vintage Display

It's only since dislocating my knee during the Exeter pro-am stir-in that I've come off top form. So I'd hardly describe myself as a 'stirring noob'.

Results are easy to comeby with stirring aids, let's see how you perform with a fully manual old skool spoon. That's the true measure of talent in these parts.

[Blib]

Tallow said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Blib said:

NDA said:

DanielSan said:

Blib said:

Takes all the skill out of stirring, IMO.

The stirring noobs see it as 'evening the balance' unskilled buffoons should learn to stir without stirring aids not rely on them.

Yeah - what-evvvva!

I was:

1st place - Castle Bromwich 'Speed Stir'
1st place - The Erdington Tea Exhibition
Bronze in Croydon last year
2nd in Fremington Vintage Display

It's only since dislocating my knee during the Exeter pro-am stir-in that I've come off top form. So I'd hardly describe myself as a 'stirring noob'.

They're all 'walk-up' tournaments. I notice there are no officially sanctioned B.T.S.S.A events on that list.

Second rate.

you were escorted out of Fremington weren't you, Blib? some sort of unpleasantness?
and the doormen at Castle Bromwich had photocopied sheets with your face on, in case you tried to turn up again

Doesn't take long for the old wounds to open, does it? Spooning is a wonderful, heritage filled sport. Could we focus on the positives please? If we don't, then how are we ever going to encourage a new generation of pro-stirrers to approach the sport properly and lead a good example for the generation after that?

Well said, Tallow.

And Hugo, FYI, I was not 'escorted out' of Fremington. I had lost my way to the exit and the security men were showing me the way. I was in a great hurry to leave and they were holding me by the arms to prevent me tripping over.

And Castle Bromwich was a misunderstanding.

[DanielSan]

Blib said:

Well said, Tallow.

And Hugo, FYI, I was not 'escorted out' of Fremington. I had lost my way to the exit and the security men were showing me the way. I was in a great hurry to leave and they were holding me by the arms to prevent me tripping over.

And Castle Bromwich was a misunderstanding.

I heard that the words substance and abuse were used.