The TrailSpoon is an extendible and silent three-position silicone-edged 10-inch ‘racing spoon’ from Jetboil, writes Mike Gormley.
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Its not often one can get a bit excited about the humble spoon. Okay, sounds a bit sad perhaps, but for those who possibly live and work in the great outdoors, or go camping a lot, a good spoon is a vital item of kit.
Known in some more elite spheres as a ‘racing spoon’, a utensil like this is always kept handy so as not to miss out on a dip into someone else’s tasty bowlful of yumminess. Perhaps this is overstating things, but when outdoors, cold, tired and hungry and your mate’s attention is distracted for those all-important few seconds, a racing spoon comes into its own. It’s a bit like nicking a chip or two off someone’s plate… sometimes it’s just got to be done!
Over the years of outdoor activities and living out, one gets to be attentive to and possessive of one’s racing spoon, especially if at least part of the food source is from the ubiquitous ‘boil in the bag’ retort or rehydrated meal pouch. For these foods a long handle is required so you do not end up with your hand covered in those all too valued last remnants as you dig into those hard-to-reach bottom corners of the pouch. I can see those wry smiles now from some of you readers who have been there.
Some other considerations when selecting a racing spoon are weight and convenience plus the ability to survive the rigours of being stuffed in a pack, probably trodden on and possibly washed in streams… a bit naughty that, but you get the drift.
The Jetboil TrailSpoon is manufactured from very light plastic with silicone edges so it does not scratch the inside of your cook pot, if you are using it to eat from, or your food flask if carrying a pre-prepared meal and this utensil has the added tactical bonus of being almost silent. So no clinking and scraping; sort of stealth eating if you like. The spoon’s bowl is also well shaped to allow you to get those last morsels out of the corners and it is kind to your mouth parts as well.
So, these are the reason I am a bit excited about a humble spoon.
[images © Mike Gormley]
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