Illinois Debates: Should You Eat Mac & Cheese With A Fork Or Spoon?

We took to Facebook one of the toughest questions we've ever asked: Should you eat mac & cheese with a fork... or a spoon?

Simple question, complex answer.  I know you're sitting there looking at a fork and spoon right now asking yourself the exact same question.  Maybe it all depends on your mood; want to scoop your food today or do a little stabby stab to release some anger?

If you ask me, I would've instantly said fork because you can pick up individual pieces of macaroni with the tines on a fork and make the food last much longer.

What are tines you ask?  Tines are the sharp points at the end of the fork.  This was actually a new word for me, so I figured you didn't know what it was either haha.

After I let Facebook users take the stand and plead their case on why you should use a fork or a spoon when indulging in mac n cheese, some users made really good points that might just change your mind!

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Now, not everybody went one way or the other.  Some people made comments that make sense without it completely... making sense.

I totally agree with this comment.

Carolyn said if she could use a shovel she would.  Absolutely!  I could eat mac n cheese all freakin' day, why not use a shovel to devour larger portions at a time?

Scott kept it simple: Whatever you can find first.

I'm always looking for a utensil for any meal I make at home, embarrassing to say the least.  Sometimes I'm too lazy to clean the dishes so I really dig around to see if there's ANYTHING I can use... even if that means a chopstick is the only option.

Now, maybe we just toss out utensils and chug the mac n cheese?  According to this Facebook user's logic, it's possible and completely do-able.

BOTTOMS UP!  Just swirl it around a little bit, make it more liquid-y, and drink up!

Okay, enough of the nonsense.  Let's get down to the real reason we're here: FORK OR SPOON?  After a long debate, it came down to the final winner.

USE A FORK. 

More than 70% of users agreed that using a fork is their preferred way of eating that cheesy, mushy goodness!  According to FoodNetwork, this was pretty much the same outcome.  The only difference?  There was 1% leftover.  I can only assume it was people who use a spork to eat everything to save utensil space.

I might just be part of the 1%... what about you?