[Sca-cooks] Boxwood spoons

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

OK. That shows that boxwood spoons existed (in Spain at least) and that  
they became common by the thirteenth century (which is actually pretty late in 
 the Medieval period).
 
How does this show that most spoons were made of boxwood, or even of wood  
at all?
 
Metal spoons certainly existed:
http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=1&FP=2420079&E=2K1KTSV
3L14LT&SID=2K1KTSV3L14LT&New=T&Pic=1&SubE=2C6NU0GV5JB3
 
And anyone who could have afforded a metal fork would also have been using  
metal spoons.
 
But again, had there been a prohibition on metal utensils in particular,  
one could easily have made wooden forks.
 
Jim  Chevallier
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In a message dated 5/14/2014 4:41:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
lordhunt at gmail.com writes:

My  sources are:
>> 

boj, OCast box, L. Buxus sempervirens, Eng.  boxwood, wood from some 30 
species of the Buxaceae family including box trees,  shrubby evergreen plants 
and other fine grained, hard and heavy woods. The  tree is a native of the 
Mediterranean and grows to some 20 feet in height. The  wood is light yellow 
or white and used for making musical instruments and  spoons. See buxedo. 
[Gázquez. Cocina. 2002:37:ftn 82:78:ftn  158:80]

buxedo, boxwood spoons. They were common in Andalusia by the  13th C. for 
eating porridge. From the 13-15 C, boxwood spoons were  incorporated into 
dining utensils in the rest of Spain.  [Gázquez.  Cocina.  2002:37:ftn 
82:78:158:ftn  80]