Improvised spoon

[Bushwhacker]

Went down to the woods yesterday afternoon, set up the tarp and got a fire going.

I then opened a can of soup and poured it into my billy.
When it was heated up I realised I had forgotten to bring a spoon.

It turns out that fashioning a crude bowl shape out of the tin lid and wedging a stick into the ring-pull made for quite a good emergency spoon.

What other otherwise useless items have folks used in desperation?

 

[Bushwhacker]

Ha ha nice.

I also forgot to add that this means any object for any situation, not just eating.

 

[rik_uk3]

Soup? just drink it, stir food with a stick, let it cool and eat with your fingers; never lost a knife, fork and spoon yet though, you spork fans would be stuffed I guess and have to make something.

 

[Man of Tanith]

when SWMBO and i went away last weekend i forgot to pack anything to dish the bubble up stew up with,
a quick bit of chopping at a milk carton made a handy ladle
worked quite well for scrapping the pot clean too!
regards
Sam

 

[fast but dim]

lol, used a spanner to eat yogurt more than once

 

[Bushwhacker]

Soup? just drink it, stir food with a stick, let it cool and eat with your fingers; never lost a knife, fork and spoon yet though, you spork fans would be stuffed I guess and have to make something.

How the hell do you eat soup with your hands? Are they webbed or something?

Oh..................you're from Wales...........

 

[calibanzwei]

a credit card
well, a spare EU NHS membership card actually, warmed up and made into a curvy bit- perfect scoop for my teflon pot!

Ai - mark up another for the old credit card spoon

 

[rik_uk3]

How the hell do you eat soup with your hands? Are they webbed or something?

Oh..................you're from Wales...........

Wake up, I said "soup?drink it"

Oh, your from England.

 

[Bushwhacker]

You wrote;

let it cool and eat with your fingers.

And it's 'you're from England' not 'your from England'

 

[firecrest]

I suppose you could dip your finger in it over and over and lick off the soup. Might take a very long time though.

Improvised items? Ived used my coat as an underblanket and spare clothes as pillows. And most things can be eaten with sharpened sticks.

 

[rik_uk3]

You wrote;

let it cool and eat with your fingers.

And it's 'you're' not 'your'

" Originally Posted by rik_uk3 View Post
Soup? just drink it, stir food with a stick, let it cool and eat with your fingers; never lost a knife, fork and spoon yet though, you spork fans would be stuffed I guess and have to make something."

 

[calibanzwei]

Semantics aside, sticks also make good prodding devices.

 

[Nagual]

Soup? Just do what cats to and lick it up..

 

[clcuckow]

Have you seen this before

 

[Bushwhacker]

That's excellent!

 

[clcuckow]

I cannot claim any credit for it as I just stumbled across it when I thinking I an sure there must be some plans for origami flatware to go with my Orikaso dinner set

 

[Thijzzz]

a credit card
well, a spare EU NHS membership card actually, warmed up and made into a curvy bit- perfect scoop for my teflon pot!

*Americain TellSell voice on*

"Now with handy rounded edges to scrape yer billycan. Order yours NOW - don't miss out!"

*Americain TellSell voice off*

Pretty nifty idea, I'd say.

 

[Mountainwalker]

Climbing a mountain in NZ I strained a tendon in my knee, couldn't put any weight on it. With my trusty SAK managed to cut a sapling with the saw and make an emergency walking stick. 8 hours latter managed to limp off mountain.

 

[helixpteron]

On your travels, did you never discover civility?

 

[Cobweb]

Cheddar biscuits and strawberry yoghurt on a picnic lovely!