spoon levers

I was eating ice cream when I noticed that using a spoon required physics. The a scoop of frozen ice cream needed to be pried with force from a spoon. By using the side of the bowl as a fulcrum, I applied a downward force with my hand. Once there was enough force to overcome the static friction force of frozen ice cream, the small scoop was lifted. If I moved the handle of the spoon farther away from the fulcrum, it would have made lifting the ice cream easier since less force is necessary because the distance between the fulcrum and my hand increases and the distance between the fulcrum and the ice cream decreases. If the handle of the spoon is closer to the fulcrum it will be harder to lift the ice cream.