On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:33:39 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Feb 24, 11:35*am, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>> On Feb 24, 9:13*am, merryb > wrote:
>>
>> > On Feb 23, 2:00*pm, "Christopher M." > wrote:
>>
>> > > Ice cream tastes better when you eat it in a cone, rather than with a spoon.
>> > > This is because utensil imparts a slight flavor onto the ice cream.
>>
>> > > Because of this "spoon ice cream" principle I theorize that eating ice cream
>> > > with a fork is tastier than eating it with a spoon, since a fork has less
>> > > surface area.
>>
>> > > W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>>
>> > Isn't caviar supossed to be better on a special spoon? I recall
>> > reading that somewhere...
>>
>> Horn.
>
>I thought that was because caviar is so salty, and you would use
>mother of pearl or horn spoons so as not to wreck the good
>silverware. No?

Metal is reactive and imparts a foul taste to caviar. The traditional
serving materials are horn, bone, nacre, tortoise shell, and wood...
same as for serving mustard. But nowadays there are cheapo plastics
that imitate.