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Fortunately I was allowed to carry my spork as carry-on all the way to Spain from here in the US, but I have to chuckle at the notion that any portion of a spork is a deadly enough weapon to restrict it or confiscate it. I mean, if some miscreant brandished one as a weapon on a flight I was on, I would relieve him of it after I stopped laughing. When I was a copper, I can't say that if I patted someone down and discovered a spork on them, I would confiscate it out of fear he would harm me with it, ha ha. "sir, please place the spork on the ground"I like using sporks - most of which are liberated from Aer Lingus flights and which snap half way through a Camino. (I'm so cheap...) however, I still cherish the spoon part for (as Falcon says) trackside yogurts. And I don't really mind losing the serrated knife part - there's an extremely heavy- snoring pilgrim out there who took the bunk above me and who probably owes his life to my broken spork.
Very funny indeed!Fortunately I was allowed to carry my spork as carry-on all the to Spain from here in the US, but I have to chuckle at the notion that any portion of a spork is a deadly enough weapon to restrict it or confiscate it. I mean, if some miscreant brandished one as a weapon on a flight I was on, I would relieve him of it after I stopped laughing. When I was a copper, I can't say that if I patted someone down and discovered a spork on them, I would confiscate it out of fear he would harm me with it, ha ha. "sir, please place the spork on the ground"
Yeah, yesterday was cloudy and gloomy, but today it's nice. The bars never close here in da big nasty, ha ha.Very funny indeed!
BTW- I was in the Big Easy yesterday on a 12 hour bus tour. It was a cloudy, windy, cold day and I had a hard time enjoying all the sights. I was surprised that most of the bars and restaurants had their big doors wide open all day. I'm worried now that I'll be a big whiner (no, not wino) on my Camino in April, cuz ya never know what you're gonna get!
Fortunately I was allowed to carry my spork as carry-on all the to Spain from here in the US, but I have to chuckle at the notion that any portion of a spork is a deadly enough weapon to restrict it or confiscate it. I mean, if some miscreant brandished one as a weapon on a flight I was on, I would relieve him of it after I stopped laughing. When I was a copper, I can't say that if I patted someone down and discovered a spork on them, I would confiscate it out of fear he would harm me with it, ha ha. "sir, please place the spork on the ground"
Will TSA confiscate a spork that has a serrated edge on one side? I just picked one of these up because I love yogurt...it is going to be super annoying if the airport takes it before I even get there. :/
I didn't even think of it when I picked up mine! Good question.
Although, honestly, how much damage am I really going to do with a spork?
I brought a spork and a knife. I used a cardboard shipping tube to check my trekking poles, knife and wine bottle opener. I wouldn't have relied on a spork with a serrated edge. The knife was great for cutting bread, cheese, sausage and fruit.Hi all,
For those of you who bring sporks, do you prefer them over a little serrated knife? I'm considering "investing" in one (pun intended), because last year airport security confiscated my clear plastic, totally harmless, serrated knife that I had "confiscated" myself (another pun), from a local fast food joint.
I love using a serrated knife to cut through the crust of that awesome Spanish bread...or is it really French bread? Lol.
Some sporks seem to have a very short serrated knife on one end of the spoon. Do they work well? Just curious, but then, "curiosity kills the cat", which it did to this cat on my Time Zones post!
They didn't confiscate mine, and it was one of the inexpensive plastic ones. Put it with your toothbrush, toothpaste, etc. That's what I did.Will TSA confiscate a spork that has a serrated edge on one side? I just picked one of these up because I love yogurt...it is going to be super annoying if the airport takes it before I even get there. :/
A lot of the albergues have fridges you can store your perishables in. When I could and when necessary, I would buy the afternoon before some yogurt, fruit and maybe even some bread and cheese to have in the morning before I started walking. I'm a big proponent of putting some real fuel in your body before you start exertion.Ummmm, I was thinking in the morning because a piece of toast isn't gonna cut it for me. That said, thanks to another thread around here, I have learned today to not eat my yogurt while walking if I don't want to announce I'm an american! lolol
We carried yogurts all day in our backpack. I'm sure I ate some that had not been refrigerated overnight. Things will stay a lot longer than you might think.To spork or not to spork? Yogurt sounds like a good start at the albergue in the morning, but how do you store it overnight in the heat? Communal fridge ... is it there in the morning? I checked The Way for an answer, but it looked like Jost let Tom eat his at night and did not put it in the fridge.
Second breakfast is the way to go. You're right, that piece of toast didn't cut it. We'd stop at the nearest open "bar" for second breakfast. I usually went with the potato tortilla. Yogurt was more a lunch and supper treat for us.Ummmm, I was thinking in the morning because a piece of toast isn't gonna cut it for me. That said, thanks to another thread around here, I have learned today to not eat my yogurt while walking if I don't want to announce I'm an american! lolol
Ensalada mixta makes a good lunch. It's a tossed salad with tuna and other things, depending on where you're at. I got one with peaches in in once.I'm thinking yogurt for first breakfast and spanish tortilla for second breakfast.No idea what I'm going to do for lunch yet. And pilgrim meals for dinner.
I make my own yogurt. It sits at about 120 degrees F for twelve hours. I think it can handle another day or two at pack temperature after being pasteurized and packaged!Things will stay a lot longer than you might think.
Second breakfast is the way to go. You're right, that piece of toast didn't cut it. We'd stop at the nearest open "bar" for second breakfast. I usually went with the potato tortilla. Yogurt was more a lunch and supper treat for us.
I'm thinking yogurt for first breakfast and spanish tortilla for second breakfast.No idea what I'm going to do for lunch yet. And pilgrim meals for dinner.
Ditto...Same here goes for me, too.Second breakfast is the way to go. You're right, that piece of toast didn't cut it. We'd stop at the nearest open "bar" for second breakfast. I usually went with the potato tortilla. Yogurt was more a lunch and supper treat for us.
Totally hysterical photos! Hard to believe they are "for real".yoghurt is fermented so no problems leaving it out at night - should just increase the fermentation - Yum!!
Some stranger things than a spork .... the 'three-way' could most likely be used as a throwing star and I particularly like the mad biro one
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I love how the original question has taken so many twists and turns! I'm learning alot about yogurt today and didn't even ask! Lol.I make my own yogurt. It sits at about 120 degrees F for twelve hours. I think it can handle another day or two at pack temperature after being pasteurized and packaged!
How do you know if yogurt has gone bad? Does it begin to taste good???
What is this???
vino y casera.
What is this???
vino y casera.
I took 4 years of french in high school and college, not spanish. And I won't tell you how long it has been since I graduated.
The only time I had it premixed was at Cien Montaditos. One bar in Galicia, between Santiago and Finisterre absolutely refused to make it for us. Said that it's not a Galician drink! No Tinto de Verano for you!Also goes by tinto de verano. But when I ordered it that way, it came pre-mixed.
If I were using it only for eating yoghurt I'd actually go without and just drink the stuff!There's a wonderful invention just made for eating yogurt, it's called a ....... spoon.
Casera is a sparkly soda, kinda Sprite-ish. Mixing it with vino tinto makes a refreshing wine spritzer. Casera is a brand name, but ordering vino y casera gets you a bottle of wine and a bottle of some brand like Casera. Then I mix it in whatever ratio I'm in the mood for.
Also goes by tinto de verano. But when I ordered it that way, it came pre-mixed.
It's a nice early afternoon, still gonna keep walking, sort of lunchtime beverage.
(Glenn, the y means "and", pronounced "ee", as in wine and Casera soda)
Fenix, you are a wealth of knowledge...all kinds!Casera is a sparkly soda, kinda Sprite-ish. Mixing it with vino tinto makes a refreshing wine spritzer. Casera is a brand name, but ordering vino y casera gets you a bottle of wine and a bottle of some brand like Casera. Then I mix it in whatever ratio I'm in the mood for.
Also goes by tinto de verano. But when I ordered it that way, it came pre-mixed.
It's a nice early afternoon, still gonna keep walking, sort of lunchtime beverage.
(Glenn, the y means "and", pronounced "ee", as in wine and Casera soda)
Fenix, you are a wealth of knowledge...all kinds!
(Glenn, the y means "and", pronounced "ee", as in wine and Casera soda)
My French walking buddy, Jean, likes grapefruit juice in rose wine. Mixing anything with wine is a bit of an acquired taste, though it would not be sacrilege like Coke in single malt whiskey...I like wine with ginger ale in the summer.
I just bought a spork at REI for my Camino. It did go through my mind at the time if I could carry it on. I'm giving it a try.True, it won't open wine bottles, but it should still come in handy.
My French walking buddy, Jean, likes grapefruit juice in rose wine. Mixing anything with wine is a bit of an acquired taste, though it would not be sacrilege like Coke in single malt whiskey...
Fortunately I was allowed to carry my spork as carry-on all the way to Spain from here in the US, but I have to chuckle at the notion that any portion of a spork is a deadly enough weapon to restrict it or confiscate it. I mean, if some miscreant brandished one as a weapon on a flight I was on, I would relieve him of it after I stopped laughing. When I was a copper, I can't say that if I patted someone down and discovered a spork on them, I would confiscate it out of fear he would harm me with it, ha ha. "sir, please place the spork on the ground"
Be an interesting, yet minimal injury duel, no doubt, ha ha. Maybe a titanium one, but the rubbery plastic one I had, while useful, broke at its weak point on the spoon end whilst I was using it to spread some peanut butter.Well we've had duelling banjos, why not duelling with sporks?
Hi Mark, and NEVER use the knife edge to cut Spanish country bread!Be an interesting, yet minimal injury duel, no doubt, ha ha. Maybe a titanium one, but the rubbery plastic one I had, while useful, broke at its weak point on the spoon end whilst I was using it to spread some peanut butter.
Si. Comprende. That wasn't the issue.
My translation read "Wine and homemade" (another meaning of casera) which caused me to wonder homemade what? Ergo, it appeared to me that a word may have been missing.
Now that I know it also refers to a bottled beverage....
Postscript:
For those who don't already know, Español de las Américas (Spanish of the Americas) is by no means identical to that spoken in Spain. Similar, yes, but the pronunciation and idioms are frequently quite different.
Airport security must have thought my cheap plastic knife could cut leather...human leather that is, because they confiscated it. Lol.Sure, the knives won't carve through leather, but they will cut chorizo into slices, and bread as well.
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Yes, bread is meant to be torn.Hi Mark, and NEVER use the knife edge to cut Spanish country bread!
wow...well, guess you just don't know what to expect these daysAirport security must have thought my cheap plastic knife could cut leather...human leather that is, because they confiscated it. Lol.
I love Spanish bread and tearing it in pieces to go along with soup or a meal is great. But when I'm making a bocadilla sandwich for a picnic lunch I prefer cutting the bread open to more easily insert the meat and cheese. I bring a lightweight plastic plate to cut the bread on. That's mainly why I like having a knife.Hi Mark, and NEVER use the knife edge to cut Spanish country bread!
I do think my original question was answered anong all the interesting dialogue. It seems NO ONE likes a serrated knife on the side of their spork. Got it!
"Riiiight." Lefty will have a fit if he knew he was riding the pan van* to take the golden An to Dan in Fran.On occasion, I have been know to flag down a countryside pan van making its rounds. (And yes, when I speak spanish, pan van rhymes!)
Casera is a sparkly soda, kinda Sprite-ish. Casera is a brand name, but ordering vino y casera gets you a bottle of wine and a bottle of some brand like Casera.
I doubt I will be proficient, and it will be broken Spanish. I am sure it will suffice to get me through, and I will assimilate while I am there. I will focus on essentials like Una caña por favor.
That looks pretty cool, and I'm sure that the knife could cut bread too.Not a spork fan, but if I'd ever carry one it would be this:
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That looks pretty cool, and I'm sure that the knife could cut bread too.
I found it on [/U] if anyone's interested in it.
Not a spork fan, but if I'd ever carry one it would be this:
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That looks pretty cool, and I'm sure that the knife could cut bread too.
I found it on [/U] if anyone's interested in it.
No, definitely not for carry-on!Interesting design. Not likely to get thru Airport Security in one's carry0n luggage, but interesting. (Leave it to Ka-Bar to create a table knife that looks dangerous.)
Very punnyBut good enough for carry outs.
Hey Steve, Glad to hear your REI spork held up for your whole Camino last fall, unlike a few of the comments I have received on this thread from other spork users. Everyone sure loves REI. I'll have to order online as there is not one in my area. P.S. I really enjoy your note of the day as stated in my email a few weeks back.REI has a spork for about $2. One of the cheapest things in the store. I didn't carry one in 2015 but wish I had. Did take one in 2016 and used it a lot for canned goods I'd buy in local tiendas. I'm a BIG spork guy.
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