To start this spoon-swapping adventure, we needed a spoon. After haunting the junk-shops of New York City, Ms. Dish and I finally found the perfect spoon this past Saturday at the 79th Street Goodwill.
Sitting in the very back of the store in a big basket full of mismatched flatware, Spoon #0 was ours for a buck! Hooray for Goodwill!
Spoon #0 is distinguished by it's marking "Oneida USA" on the back. A little research on Oneida proved quite interesting. Oneida Ltd had its origins in the Oneida Community, a religious and social society founded in Oneida, NY in 1848. The community was based on “Perfectionism”, the theology of their founder John Humphrey Noyes. Among the goods produced by this utopian society were silver knives, forks, and spoons.
