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. As an Indian, rice dishes are always eaten with a spoon (or hands traditionally)!

Both.

I’m glad you said where you were from as I was assuming that you were South Asian and was most confused!

I’m Indian (Gujarati) and we would never scoop up our rice with a chapatti. I also don’t think I’ve seen forks in Indian homes in India, only spoons. But this has made me realise that when we have curry and rice these days my kids get out forks, no doubt under the influence of their white British father.

Fork. Can't stand eating off a spoon unless it's pudding. My dh uses a spoon for curry etc.

Spoon - I grew up in SE Asia and rice dishes are traditionally eaten with a fork and spoon.

The fork to help push rice and other dishes onto the spoon and spoon to scoop.

Chopsticks for noodles.

Spoon AND fork.
Until I was about 13, I didn't realise there was any other way. My father grew up in Malaysia, and all his side of the family eat curry like this - at least, all the ones I've eaten it with.

Spoon-ish, to scoop onto the naan.

My main bugbear with curries in England is the massive chunks of meat swimming in gravy, so I cut up the chunks, then scoop them onto the naan.

I was also told that it's considered rude to empty your whole dish onto the plate then not finish it (you should only serve to your appetite, otherwise it is implied that you wanted more but it didn't taste good). No idea if it's right, but I try to follow it.

Spoon

Spoon. I've been eating curry with a spoon since I was tiny and stealing my uncles curry when he came in on a Friday night

Oh, and I eat an awful lot with a big spoon these days because I batch cooked for having the baby, and all dishes were easier to manage one handed with a soup spoon whilst the baby was supported on my lap with the other!

This!

Spoon

Whatever I'm given when out, no huge preference really.

but if pressed to choose (or at home) bread type thing if whatever form!) a fork & if required a spoon tot the last bit of liquid!!!

Fork. I love lots of naan or chapattis to soak up any extra sauce. A spoon is very practical but feels wrong to me.

If you go to SE Asia it's ALWAYS spoon & fork.. they do it every day so would presume it's the norm

Knife and fork for me, but dh uses a fork and spoon

Fork if it's on a plate; spoon if it's in a bowl.

You really need a spork for this type of food. Ours are from Robert Welch and are the most frequently used pieces of cutlery in the drawer.

Fork, though I do like roti to soak up sauce

Why limit yourself, both!

Except Chinese, Thai, Japanese curry when we use chopsticks. No issues whatsoever eating curry and rice with chopsticks

Spoon. I find a spoon much easier / more enjoyable for saucy dishes. Knife and fork for food that needs stabbing / chopping up. My partner thought this was silly at first but often joins me with a spoon now.

Spork. My favourite item of cutlery.

In my culture we eat curry and rice with both a spoon and fork. Spoon for scooping up the rice and curry and eat off, fork for helping push the food onto the spoon.