cuiller (la cuillère)

la cuiller (la cuillère) (FR N-F) spoon, utensil with a handle and a more or less shallow bowl, used in cooking and / or eating to transport liquids. After the taming of fire for domestic needs, and the resultant food dish »stew« (bits of meat, grasses, vegetables, and water), a need arose for a means of transporting the broth to the mouth, hence the earliest spoon, probably a simple curved piece of tree bark. For greater spoon longevity, spoons began to be made from wood. Even that, however…