Equipment expert Adam Ried shares his top pick for wooden spoons.
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Aldi’s have a knockoff $30 for a wooden spoon is an insult.
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I’m not absolutely positive, but I think I grab different wooden spoons/implements depending what I’m doing. Sometimes the perfectly flat one you showed, sometimes a more “spoonish” one. I rarely buy a really expensive one unless it’s got a great unique look, and then it’s usually not about utility! 😏
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I’ve made a couple of red oak japanese spatulas and looked everywhere for advice on the best oil to use and the best way to season them.
Any idea?
Is coconut oil ok to use?
The only advice I got was to use mineral oil but should I warm up the spatula first?
Bit of a half baked comparison
Id love to find more of that first spoon. All the ones I ever find now have super thick handles or giant ends, and all I want is a simple easy and thin spoon.
Just woke up from a dream and I have an epic idea for a spoon. So I’m going to go make it but I do need to fine out what wood to use.
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So…? The types of wood? Honestly, the type of wood and the finish are more important than the shape. In the mediterranean countries, we like olive wood.
I have the 10 piece lilly teak set, I love how they do not heat up and are much healthier.
Thank you for video very helpful
This is the best segment of the show.
I’ve heard that if you paint the spoons with a good lead based paint, look in grandpa’s shop it has to be pre-1978, they last a very long time. Probably they’ll outlast you and your kids and grandkids.
Oh yes, now I know what I will be aiming for while I am carving with random pieces of wood at the campfire.
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That’s not at all what affordance means… An affordance is the way that an object invites for a specific way to interact with it, not that there’s many different ways to do it.
I’ve heard that wood from the olive tree makes for the most durable wooden utensils. I have checked them out, and they are very expensive. I agree with others who’ve commented here that “seasoning” wooden utensils is the most important thing you can do for durability, and, of course, NOT putting them in dishwasher or soaking in water. I use a food-grade oil on them before first use, and reapply oil after every cleaning. It is the same oil I use on my wood cutting boards. While I like wooden utensils, I actually prefer the new silicone utensils.
I’ll stay with my Spurtle , thank you very much !
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One winner is made from teak wood. Can we assume that this wood is food safe at room and high temperatures? I have not seen this wood used this wood outside of deck & patio furniture.
0:57. I make those out of mesquite wood. It is a very durable and beautiful wood. I have sold close to 3,000 of them and have had almost no complaints. I occasionally make spoons and bigger spatulas. it is a wonderful material.
WOW WOULDN’T UTENSILS FOR THE KITCHEN ARE WOODEN UTENSILS FOR THE KITCHEN REMEMBER DO NOT SOAK THEM IN WATER FOR VERY LONG BECAUSE THEY’LL FALL APART AND TURN TO SLUDGE THAT AND THEY’RE COVERED IN DANGEROUS POISONOUS LACQUER TYPE SEALANTS AND THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT IN YOUR FOOD. REMEMBER SPERTLES ARE EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEAN THEY’LL GIVE YOU THE SPURTS IF YOU USE THEM IN YOUR FOOD
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Flat-bottomed paddle (bamboo), but that’s. 3sec video.
Anyone who spends $28 for a wooden spoon has got more money than brains. Dollar tree bamboo wooden spoons $1.25 I use them for everything almost.
I like a flat edge spoon
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That is NOT a porridge spurtle. A Scots spurtle has a round shape, not a spatula like this guy is showing.
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“Five different types of wood, plus bamboo.” Because they know that the nerds watching will call them out for not recognizing that bamboo’s a grass, but since they’re nerds themselves, they don’t bother to explain the distinction because they assume nerds already know 😅
It’s not a spurtle!! Spurtles are round like thin rolling pins and are the thickness of your middle finger. They may have a carved decoration, usually a thistle, at one end.
I use the bamboo spoons and bought mine at Amazon. I like that they are smooth and don’t hold smells. I always wash mine on the top shelf of my dishwasher. No problems. No need to buy a fancy model.
I don’t like those pointed edges on the choosen Spoodle. They’re for pans with straight walls. I do most of my cooking in skillets and other pans with sloped walls, and therefore a rounded edge on the wood spoon/spatula is important. A good design can scrape the corners of rounded and straight walls! One side curved, one side pointed. That Spoodle looks excellent, but because both corners are pointed like a spatula it will not scrape a curved wall well and therefore it’s not a do-it-all utensil. Not that there’s anything wrong with having a couple of wood/bamboo stirring spoons and spatulas.
I currently use a cheap bamboo spatula ("Helen’s Asian Kitchen" brand, maybe) that’s straight with no curve, and pointed on one side of the head and curved on the other side, so it’s great for stirring. I have a "highest-quality" OXO spoon that is just too heavy in comparison and doesn’t scrape as well. I’d upgrade to a spoon that could hold some liquid and yet maintain a finer edge for scraping. But it would have to still have perfect curves for getting into the corners and edges of pots and pans, and be lightweight.
I feel like some of these utensils were designed for specific tasks like the spurtle, which is used for scraping porridge off the entire height of a cooking pot, or the saute scraper, which is designed specifically for saute dishes made in cast iron. The spootle by Jonathan’s Woodspoon is definitely the best all-rounder. He has an ever bigger version called the Dad spoon.
I am now curious about the "finish" especially on the "Spurtle" type scrapers and spoons, etc.
I discovered Jonathan’s wooden cooking utensils over 25 years ago and have used them ever since. They are beautiful, functional, and clean well. Pricey, yes, but I still have and use every one I ever purchased. A little mineral oil on the cherry wood occasionally and they stay beautiful.
As a spoon carver, mass production spoons simply cannot compete with the work being done today by talented carvers all over the world.
That chunky Oxo one is terrible. Cheap, rough finishing and it split all over the first time I washed it.
What happened to the reigning champion wood spoon that I still have? I love it!
I made mine.
After trying a variety, I really like Pakka wood. You can sometimes find them around $5 at Ross.
What brand of wood utensils would you recommend?
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I’d be surprised if it was there but I wished he mentioned the disciplinary uses of a wooden spoon.