Thread: Do you have a wooden spoon?

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:56:01 -0600, Polly Esther wrote:
>
>> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size.
>
> I have the one my mother used to spank me with. It's 3.5 feet long
> and the spoon is 8.5" across.
>
> It didn't work worth a ****.
>
> -sw

LOL ! That's not exactly what I had in mind. It took a while to realize
that some of the 'table' spoons I was using were wimpy or had sharp edges
where your fingers need to grip. A well-shaped wooden spoon is comfortable
and strong. Dunno about spanking tho. We great-grandmothers let the little
ones do as they please. Even visiting pups come hide behind me if any one
gets cross. They only wish I was bigger. Polly

On Nov 28, 10:14*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:56:01 -0600, Polly Esther wrote:
> > Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size.
>
> I have the one my mother used to spank me with. *It's 3.5 feet long
> and the spoon is 8.5" across.
>
> It didn't work worth a ****.
>
> -sw

>
>
Hahahahahahahaha, you squirrel!

On 11/28/2011 5:56 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. One of the nicest gifts I ever
> gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. Sad to say, I
> don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who makes fine
> wooden spoons that are special and wonderful. Now that I don't have the
> wrist-heft of a youngster, it is just so nice to have good 'cooking'
> spoons.

I'm glad you found a good tool for yourself. I'm attached to my bamboo
blade thingie which I guess you'd call a spatula. I also use my whisk a
lot too. Without those, I'm lost in the kitchen.

> Today I was stirring a very heavy banana nut bread batch and was so
> thankful for the spoon that fits my hand and has the rounded
> strength/smoothness to get the deed done. I love them so dearly that I
> am even willing to wash and dry them by hand. Buy yourself a Christmas
> gift you will really enjoy. Get a special wooden spoon. Polly

My daughter had some banana nut bread that was made by some boy she
knows. It was the best banana nut cake that we ever had - I make a
pretty great cake myself but I'll have to hand it to the kid - his was
better than mine. He said it was his grandmother's recipe. Hopefully,
he'll fork it over. Kids these days!

"Polly Esther" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. One of the nicest gifts I ever
> gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. Sad to say, I
> don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who makes fine wooden
> spoons that are special and wonderful. Now that I don't have the
> wrist-heft of a youngster, it is just so nice to have good 'cooking'
> spoons.
> Today I was stirring a very heavy banana nut bread batch and was so
> thankful for the spoon that fits my hand and has the rounded
> strength/smoothness to get the deed done. I love them so dearly that I am
> even willing to wash and dry them by hand. Buy yourself a Christmas gift
> you will really enjoy. Get a special wooden spoon. Polly

Nope. I don't use them and didn't grow up in a house using them. I don't
like wood and don't think it is sanitary. I use plastic spoons. Yes, I
know some people have issues with plastic. But I don't. I have seen some
pretty ones on TV. They look to be better quality than the cheap wooden
spoons I am familiar with.

My mom did have a spurtle (sp?). They were made of wood and put out by
Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet.

Polly Esther wrote:

> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. One of the nicest gifts I
> ever gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. Sad
> to say, I don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who
> makes fine wooden spoons that are special and wonderful. Now that I
> don't have the wrist-heft of a youngster, it is just so nice to have
> good 'cooking' spoons. Today I was stirring a very heavy banana
> nut bread batch and was so thankful for the spoon that fits my hand
> and has the rounded strength/smoothness to get the deed done. I love
> them so dearly that I am even willing to wash and dry them by hand. Buy
> yourself a Christmas gift you will really enjoy. Get a special
> wooden spoon. Polly

LOL, I have no special wooden spoons but I use wooden spoons a lot. A ragu'
wouldn't be the same if one doesn't stir it with a wooden spoon.

"Polly Esther" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. One of the nicest gifts I ever
> gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. Sad to say, I
> don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who makes fine wooden
> spoons that are special and wonderful. Now that I don't have the
> wrist-heft of a youngster, it is just so nice to have good 'cooking'
> spoons.
> Today I was stirring a very heavy banana nut bread batch and was so
> thankful for the spoon that fits my hand and has the rounded
> strength/smoothness to get the deed done. I love them so dearly that I am
> even willing to wash and dry them by hand. Buy yourself a Christmas gift
> you will really enjoy. Get a special wooden spoon. Polly

There's a fellow named Matt Adams who makes spoons and bowls for a lot of my
friends who are chefs. He uses only wood that is left over or abandoned, no
new woods at all, and he uses lots of exotic woods.

I've got a whole stable of large and small wooden spoons and spatulas
that stand in a jar right beside the cooker for daily use. In Britain
they are both a very old-tradition wedding present and commonly used in
modern home kitchens, so much so it's suprised me to read this thread and
realise you don't.

I've had some of my wooden spoons all my married life, and 40+ years of
work shows on their worn flat edges.In that time the handles have more
subtly worn perfectly smooth, and a pleasure to touch.According to wood,
some have darkened deeply with age and some have bleached almost white.

One of them is reserved for use only in
porridge, which is also traditional here in Scotland. The rest get used in
mixing bowls (he's using one right now as he mixes the Christmas puddings)
but mainly, I use them daily to stir hot food/sauces in any kind of
cooking pans on top of the stove. They never scratch pans, and even
standing in the hottest food, like boiling jam, never heats the handles.
They get scrubbed in the sink in hot soapy water, a quick rinse and air
dried.

Janet UK

"Janet" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> I've got a whole stable of large and small wooden spoons and spatulas
> that stand in a jar right beside the cooker for daily use. In Britain
> they are both a very old-tradition wedding present and commonly used in
> modern home kitchens, so much so it's suprised me to read this thread and
> realise you don't.

But most Americans do use them and always have.

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:48:36 -0000, Janet <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I've got a whole stable of large and small wooden spoons and spatulas
>that stand in a jar right beside the cooker for daily use. In Britain
>they are both a very old-tradition wedding present and commonly used in
>modern home kitchens, so much so it's suprised me to read this thread and
>realise you don't.
>
I have a lot ofwooden spoon, probably at least 20, more or less.

> I've had some of my wooden spoons all my married life, and 40+ years of
>work shows on their worn flat edges.In that time the handles have more
>subtly worn perfectly smooth, and a pleasure to touch.According to wood,
>some have darkened deeply with age and some have bleached almost white.

Same here.
>

Christine

On 29/11/2011 3:14 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:56:01 -0600, Polly Esther wrote:
>
>> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size.
>
> I have the one my mother used to spank me with. It's 3.5 feet long
> and the spoon is 8.5" across.
>
> It didn't work worth a ****.
>
> -sw

It didn't make one whit of difference! I would have used a more extreme
form of attitude adjuster on you.

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
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> "Janet" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > I've got a whole stable of large and small wooden spoons and spatulas
> > that stand in a jar right beside the cooker for daily use. In Britain
> > they are both a very old-tradition wedding present and commonly used in
> > modern home kitchens, so much so it's suprised me to read this thread and
> > realise you don't.
>
> But most Americans do use them and always have.

Phew :-) Okay, but even asking the question (and some earlier
responses) seemed to imply otherwise.


Janet.

On 11/28/2011 10:56 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. One of the nicest gifts I ever
> gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. Sad to say, I
> don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who makes fine
> wooden spoons that are special and wonderful. Now that I don't have the
> wrist-heft of a youngster, it is just so nice to have good 'cooking'
> spoons.

I don't have any special wooden spoons, I have ones I particularly
like from Williams-Sonoma. I just like the way they feel and look.

My big qualification for wooden spoons is that they be olive wood,
nice smooth spoons. I just cannot abide rough wooden utensils.
Even those little wood scoops that came with ice cream when I was
a kid gave me the willies.

nancy

On Nov 29, 2:29*am, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
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Re: wooden spoons
....
> Nope. *I don't use them and didn't grow up in a house using them. *I don't
> like wood and don't think it is sanitary.
....

Oh, don't get like Bryan about hydrogenated fats! "OMG people, if you
use wooden spoons you will surely die!" ;-)

I remember when I took the food service sanitation class as required
my the health department in the early 1980's when I worked in a donut
shop. They were all about how all cooking surfaces had to be non-
porous and how stainless steel was one of the best materials from a
sanitation perspective because it could be easily and thoroughly
sanitized. I kept wanting to raise my hand and say "But what about
bakeries?" I used a wooden rolling pin and wooden benches, and we
never "sanitized" them, or rarely if we did.

John Kuthe...

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:56:01 -0600, Polly Esther wrote:
>
>> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size.
>
> I have the one my mother used to spank me with. It's 3.5 feet long
> and the spoon is 8.5" across.
>
> It didn't work worth a ****.

lol, I can tell)


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Giusi <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Janet" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio

>> I've got a whole stable of large and small wooden spoons and spatulas
>> that stand in a jar right beside the cooker for daily use. In Britain
>> they are both a very old-tradition wedding present and commonly used in
>> modern home kitchens, so much so it's suprised me to read this thread and
>> realise you don't.

>But most Americans do use them and always have.

I use them when stirring anything in an enameled pot. You do not
want to use metal with enamel, and you certainly don't use plastic
if there's an alternative. The alternative is wood.


Steve

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Polly Esther" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. One of the nicest gifts I ever
>> gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. Sad to say, I
>> don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who makes fine wooden
>> spoons that are special and wonderful. Now that I don't have the
>> wrist-heft of a youngster, it is just so nice to have good 'cooking'
>> spoons.
>> Today I was stirring a very heavy banana nut bread batch and was so
>> thankful for the spoon that fits my hand and has the rounded
>> strength/smoothness to get the deed done. I love them so dearly that I
>> am even willing to wash and dry them by hand. Buy yourself a Christmas
>> gift you will really enjoy. Get a special wooden spoon. Polly
>
> Nope. I don't use them and didn't grow up in a house using them. I don't
> like wood and don't think it is sanitary. I use plastic spoons. Yes, I
> know some people have issues with plastic. But I don't. I have seen some
> pretty ones on TV. They look to be better quality than the cheap wooden
> spoons I am familiar with.
>
> My mom did have a spurtle (sp?). They were made of wood and put out by
> Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet.

A spurtle is what the Scots use to stir porrage/porridge (not sure how
USians spell it) )


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"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> Nope. I don't use them and didn't grow up in a house using them. I don't
> like wood and don't think it is sanitary.

If the spoons are not cracked so that the fissures can't be cleaned
properly, they are no less "sanitary" than any other spoon

AS a matter of fact, research has shown that wooden cutting boards are
actually easier to keep bacteria free since most wood contains chemicals
that will help kill bacteria

On Nov 29, 8:27*am, "Attila.Iskander" <Attila.Iskan...@Live.com>
wrote:
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> AS a matter of fact, research has shown that wooden cutting boards are
> actually easier to keep bacteria free since most wood contains chemicals
> that will help kill bacteria

I have heard this as well. I think about it most times I'm washing my
wooden cutting board with hot soapy water after cutting up raw
chicken.

John Kuthe...

On Nov 28, 10:56*pm, "Polly Esther" <Polly...@cableone.net> wrote:
> Not a general, one-size-fits-nobody size. *One of the nicest gifts I ever
> gave myself is wooden spoons that do the jobs splendidly. *Sad to say, I
> don't remember the artist, but I found a guy online who makes fine wooden
> spoons that are special and wonderful. *Now that I don't have the wrist-heft
> of a youngster, it is just so nice to have good 'cooking' spoons.
> * * Today I was stirring a very heavy banana nut bread batch and was so
> thankful for the spoon that fits my hand and has the rounded
> strength/smoothness to get the deed done. *I love them so dearly that Iam
> even willing to wash and dry them by hand. *Buy yourself a Christmas gift
> you will really enjoy. *Get a special wooden spoon. *Polly

I have a few - heavy duty type with long handle and some cheapos too.
I paid a lot for the big one but it's served me well. I use it when I
need to do some heavy stirring and don't want to scrape the pot e.g.
my crockpot. Somehow it makes me feel more like a cook than a dollar
store plastic jobbie.

I also have a large, slightly curved wooden paddle I love for mixing
heavy ingreeds.

I know it's verboten, but I even toss em in the dw at times. Flame-
retardant suit has been donned.

Someday I will try to claim my grandmother's large, shallow wooden
bowl - great for nut chopping.