Egg spoon - Wikipedia Egg spoon Egg spoons An egg spoon is a specialized spoon for use in eating boiled eggs. In comparison to a teaspoon it typically has a shorter handle and bowl, a more pointed tip and often a more rounded bowl. These characteristics are intended to facilitate the removal of an egg 's contents from the shell, through a small hole in one end. For this purpose the egg spoon is easier to use than a normal teaspoon. Because the sulfur in eggs cause silver to tarnish, good silver egg spoons will have a gold wash over the bowl of the spoon. Egg spoons can also be made of horn, porcelain and stainless steel as well as any other material that does not react to the sulfur in eggs. External sources Antique Silver Spoons and Canteens - Information, Advice and Sales. How silver reacts to eggs. See definition of egg spoon having a golden bowl. This article about kitchenware or a tool used in preparation or serving of food is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg_spoon&oldid=801198144 '' Categories : Kitchenware stubs Eggs ( food ) Spoons Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2007 All articles that may contain original research Articles that may contain original research from December 2007 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Français 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 18 September 2017, at 07 : 56 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: why we do not eat egg with silver spoon
Answer: Because the sulfur in eggs cause silver to tarnish