<P> An egg spoon is a specialized spoon for use in eating boiled eggs . In comparison to a teaspoon it typically has a shorter handle and bowl, a more pointed tip and often a more rounded bowl . These characteristics are intended to facilitate the removal of an egg's contents from the shell, through a small hole in one end . For this purpose the egg spoon is easier to use than a normal teaspoon . </P> <P> Because the sulfur in eggs cause silver to tarnish, good silver egg spoons will have a gold wash over the bowl of the spoon . Egg spoons can also be made of horn, porcelain and stainless steel as well as any other material that does not react to the sulfur in eggs . </P> <Ul> <Li> Antique Silver Spoons and Canteens - Information, Advice and Sales . </Li> <Li> How silver reacts to eggs . </Li> <Li> See definition of egg spoon having a golden bowl . </Li> </Ul>

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