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I own and use many wooden spoons. You might say that I am something of a wooden spoon collector. There’s nothing that delights me more than when, in my travels, I come across a wooden spoon in an entirely new shape. Perhaps the bowl is elongated or deeper, or the handle is thick or graduated or offset — the list goes on. And, of course, the shape and size determine the jobs for which the spoon is best suited: it might be used to gently thwack rice or wheat; to stir a region’s special starchy stew; or to push skewered meat on a grill a quarter turn.

But while it’s true that there are many different wooden spoons out there and that they can do many things, sometimes you can only have just one. Sometimes your countertops or non-existent drawer space aren’t designed to house an entire collection and you have to choose.

If that is the case, what should you look for in a wooden spoon?

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