Spoon or fork for curry and rice

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Just curious to know if most people in UK would use a spoon or a fork to eat their curry and rice. I know traditional it would be eaten with a chapati/ roti and fingers( which is how I was brought up to eat it) but how would you eat it at home. We went to a Bengali restaurant last week, and the table was only laid with knife and fork, no spoon. My family use a fork, but at friend's house the other day they only offered us a spoon.

Spoon

We do. Unless it requires stabbing like salad, or cutting up, then we use a spoon. A pasta bowl too.

Fork and spoon - everything diced already so no need for a knife.

Spaghetti or noodles we'd use fork and spoon

I'm a spooner for curry, chilli, shepherd's pie... my dh says I'm a disgrace 🤣

Fork and spoon, never a knife

I’m going to upset the apple cart and say spork/splayd!

Fork. I have never seen anyone eat with a knife and spoon.

Fork

Well yeah I agree a knife is not really needed, except perhaps to tease the rice onto the fork. I grew up with rice eaten at nearly every meal, so no issues using a fork to pick it up. When at my friend's house , the first time she gave us a spoon we we bewildered but too polite to say anything as they ( family of 5 plus their brother and father) were all using a spoon. The next time I asked for a fork, and they thought I was mad , they asked why and I , perhaps rudely replied that I wasn't 5. They could not imagine trying to pick up rice with a fork.

Fork and spoon (no knife)

Knife and fork

Spoon.

My family (Punjabi background) all eat with a spoon, DH's family (English background) would eat with a fork.

Never seen forks in the gurdwara, only spoons.

Fork. I’d feel like a toddler using a spoon.

A spoon! I lived in China for a few years and rice type dishes are usually always eaten with a spoon, same for Thailand.

It's way easier than trying to scoop up curry, rice and sauce with a fork. Unless I'm using naan or roti to scoop it up; then I eat with my hands.

Fork, I do give my five year old a fork and spoon though as she likes to eat the rice separately to the curry and it’s harder to keep just rice on a fork

Spoon, fingers, bread.

Forks are for pinning things down to cut with a knife.

Knife and fork.

Interesting that a spoon is apparently predominantly used in your family's culture. I know it is often used in Thai cuisine, but unsure about traditions in India or Pakistan. As I said, as a child my family (South American, not Asian)would use our fingers and a piece of roti to pick up the rice and curried meat.

And pudding 😂

I eat it the traditional way with chapatis - once I had tried this at a friend's house, there was no going back.

At home we'd often have roti (in which case we'd use fingers, then spoon to finish any curry that is left) or rice rather than both.

Fork and spoon. I’d be fine with knife and fork too. Either way I always like to have two pieces of cutlery (not knife and spoon though, that would be odd) just my preference!

I use a fork but DH and 4yo would specifically request a spoon for any rice dish.

Fork, spoons are for children and puddings.