Love stainless steel also. It is much stronger than silver, so when whipping up mashed potatoes I never use silver ones. Never had really thought about the metallic taste probably because when using a fork you don't really touch it with your tongue. I don't use spoons often and don't have silver ones.
You seem to imply that there is plastic in metal spoons since you avoid the material in your examples. I’m yet to open a drawer full of plastic spoons, most of them are stainless, why bring those up in your example in particular?
I would normally agree, but for whatever reason these chopsticks don't give off any metallic taste. They're quite odd now that I think about it, and fairly difficult to find. I buy similar sets of them by randomly finding the utensil section at asian supermarkets and weighing all the chopstick pairs by hand.
Good bamboo chopsticks are useful too, but finding the right weight/size combination is usually the difficult part for me. Part of what I think makes my metal chopsticks so awesome is that they're not too light or too heavy, and bamboo usually end up being on the lighter end. I have small tremors in my hands most days and a little extra weight makes all the difference in ease of use.
> Come on, there are most serious things to discuss in the world, and on HN, than a slick ssh iPhone app, or a color theme.
Personally, I think discussions about usability and good design are worthwhile, even on HN. Your product or vision or what have you is not as good as it can be if you (or someone you work with) don't at least take those into consideration. Why do I care that an iOS ssh client is polished on top of technically 'just working'? It saves me time and effort I can then put into my own work, at the least. And maybe that work could be something to improve on ssh ;)
I don't know why people are giving you crap. Metal chopsticks just aren't as nice. They don't have as nice a feel. For some reason I don't care about that when I use a fork, but I sure do with chopsticks. Maybe just because I'm used to wood.
Silverware is pretty cool to use everyday. I have a couple of silver German forks from the 1800's that have a nice heft and sharp tangs. I wash them by hand and they stay nice and shinny. Silverware gets tarnished if you don't use and wash it but if you use it like regular flatware they are definitely not high-maintenance. Antiseptic too (I think).
As an ULBP I don't use metal spoons because they function really poorly in freezing conditions. Bamboo works as well for me...actually I try to eat things that don't need any more tools than my knife.
Why bamboo or wood spoons/utensils instead of stainless steel? I would imagine the wood will crack or break after a while, and is harder to clean properly.
Interestingly, it was only later in my life (late teens - boarding school) that I learned metal was bad. I spent my childhood warming my breakfast cereal with the metal spoon in the bowl, no problems. (Nobody wants a cold spoon with warm cereal!) Now I know why I never had a problem - glad I didn't eat breakfast with a fork.
Sure, if you literally only have a metal utensil, it's fine for a couple of uses, but there are other side effects as well. When you use metal and the the nonstick coating begins to scrape off, that means it's going into your food and you're likely eating it! It's not good for your health or your wallet. I think every discount store I've ever been to has a set of plastic spoons/spatulas for 1 €/$/£ so there isn't really an excuse not to use them long term.
Yeah, I'm not sure. Forks don't give me the same grief. Maybe it's the curved shape/entry angle.
Also, stainless steel chopsticks are needle like at the ends and have very little surface for friction to pick things up, so they're kind of dainty in that respect --I struggle to pick up a good bite.
You might be joking but metal spoons are ridiculously good at not letting bacteria grow on it. A quick wipedown of any sort is basically all that's actually necessary.
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