Lusikka-haarukka

Lusikka-haarukka is a stainless steel, folding spoon-fork combination issued together with a mess kit in the Finnish Army. It is widely used in camping and outdoors activities.

The spoon portion is a slightly oversized soup spoon which makes it useful for stirring when the mess kit is used to cook rations in the field. The fork portion is rarely used as most foods are more easily eaten with the spoon. When folded, the lusikka-haarukka can be fitted inside the Finnish army mess kit, although this is discouraged because, more often than not it slips off from the fittings and starts to rattle around inside the kit.

The lusikka-haarukka is manufactured by Hackman and is one of the oldest items still in use by the Finnish army. The Lusikka-haarukka is for all practical purposes indestructible, conscripts are commonly issued with lusikka-haarukka manufactured during World War II [ personal experience during national service in 1991] .

Also known as

*Luha - portmanteau analogous to spork
*Lusikka-haarukka mysteeri - Translates as "spoon-fork mystery". Why was a knife not included?

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