Wooden Spoons

[Tropicalsenior]

These are everything that came out of my spoon holder beside my stove and after due consideration, very few will be going back in.

The one that I use the most is the pathetic little critter on the right. I made that one. When we first came to Costa Rica, I couldn't buy a decent wooden spoon for love nor money. They were more just like wooden paddles. So I bought a paddle and carved it into a spoon. I spent hours burnishing it to a high polish. It has been well worth it because it has given me 30 years of good use. Anything that doesn't go in my stand mixer gets mixed with that. I have gone almost exclusively to silicone spatulas for cooking so the rest are like "dead wood" for me and I might as well get rid of them.

[weinoo]

9 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I have gone almost exclusively to silicone spatulas for cooking so the rest are like "dead wood" for me and I might as well get rid of them.

 

I would keep at least the tallest spoon, and the flat spatula-like thing.  I've never understood what the thing on the left (with the spikes) is used for. Though I probably have 2.

[Tropicalsenior]

1 minute ago, weinoo said:

 

I would keep at least the tallest spoon, and the flat spatula-like thing.  I've never understood what the thing on the left (with the spikes) is used for. Though I probably have 2.

You hit it right on the head. The spiky thing is for lifting spaghetti. Once you get used to it it works like a charm. I always wanted a spaghetti pot with a strainer but I never could find one that I liked or that fit my storage space so for small amounts of spaghetti, this is great.

[chromedome]

1 hour ago, Tropicalsenior said:

You hit it right on the head. The spiky thing is for lifting spaghetti. Once you get used to it it works like a charm. I always wanted a spaghetti pot with a strainer but I never could find one that I liked or that fit my storage space so for small amounts of spaghetti, this is great.

I have the plastic equivalent. I find it only moderately useful for spaghetti, so it currently lives on my desk (inches away as I type) where it does yeoman duty as a back scratcher.

[Tropicalsenior]

5 minutes ago, chromedome said:

I have the plastic equivalent.

I've had the plastic equivalent and believe me, they can't hold a candle to the wooden ones. I can see them being very useful as a back scratcher.

Now that I remember, the first wooden spaghetti catcher that I had was actually a big back scratcher, made in Costa Rica. My husband stole it from me and I bought this one.

[AlaMoi]

this guy is my historical go-to source - historic?  yeah, I'm that old . . . .

one of his upsides - he makes makes both left and right handed 'implements'

 

sounds silly until one needs to pick out/up/toss stuff - then the mirror image pieces shine, big time.

also, shorter/longer pieces - especially useful for shallow/deep pots.

 

[heidih]

Again - beautiful. On the handedness - I was woefully insensitive to that even though sister is left. Until I lost effective use of right hand which is my dominant couple times.