Wooden spoons... and other utensils.

juno

My mum used a wooden spoon when I was growing up, but when I was old enough to cook myself I didn't like it and used the ones that I thought were plastic but I could be wrong. Now I have my own flat I own a wooden spoon because my partner made me get one, but I still don't use it. He does, though, and it was only about 50p.

I don't use non-stick anything, although I have yet to find a frying pan I like. I haven't really looked too hard and I rarely fry things.

And I do have an oven mitt, which I bought because I liked the pattern. But sometimes I use a tea towel instead.

kitschkitty

peachyprice wrote: »

No silicone or plastic in my kitchen either, or oven gloves/mitts (I too find them too thick to pick anything up properly).

I have an array of wooden spoons in varying sizes which are used every day, stainless steel spatulas, ladles, whisks and pasta spoon, wooden chopping board and rolling pin, metal baking tins. Everything gets chucked in the dishwasher, except the baking tins which only get a wipe over before being chucked back in the cupboard.

Do people really use trivets? I see them in twee shops but have never thought of buying one. Do you have several, one for each pan when you do a roast or the like?

I don't have any metal trivets, but the silicon ones are useful if I have a really hot plate I want to put on my lap tray, also great to stop a mixing bowl from sliding on a worktop., must admit I don't use them that often though and don't use them for putting hot pans on as I have glass worktop savers.

I love the silicon mitts for picking stuff out of the microwave as they're so easy to clean, I never use tea towels for anything other than drying up!

I do have a little wooden rolling pin but rarely bake anything that needs rolling out, I keep meaning to buy a glass or marble one, but I don't really have the space really for something I'd use so rarely.

All my pans are non stick have to admit to being a big fan.

My utensils are all different brands and colours, but I don't really have any random utensils. I did have one lovely old wooden handled knife, think my mum gave me. I was really annoyed when it went missing one day - my guess is that it got thrown out with the veg peelings.

I threw out all my old nylon utensils - there was only 1 fish slice & 1 ladle that was good enough to pass on to my mum. I also stopped buying plastic stuff like measuring jugs, I much prefer glass or ceramics both for cooking and ease of washing up.

I've gotten to the point now where I've banned myself from buying any more crockery etc - just gave my mum a set of mugs & have a set of glasses, pair of mugs & some ramekins for the charity shop.

Lilyplonk

Wooden utensils - four spoons / two spatulas / fork / spoon with two differently curved edges / meat mallet / rolling pin / 2 pastry brushes - use the wooden spoons regularly in non-stick pans.

Silicon utensils - four spatulas / pastry brush / 1 chopping mat / 2 chopping boards / 'floppy trivet' - used regularly when baking. I like the trivet so much that I bought them in bright colours for my dd and young nieces and they all use them all the time!

Nylon utensils - usual full set hanging on a rail - used regularly for both non-stick and copper-base pans

Stainless Steel utensils - as above but very rarely used apart from at Christmas when extra utensils are needed. Will shortly be getting passed to dd (or cs if she doesn't want them).

Bakeware - 'fairy cake tins' / deep cake tin / sandwich cake tins / 2 size loaf tins / 2 square tins. I also have a selection of silicon bakeware, but haven't made up my mind yet as to whether I'm prepared to give up the 'proper tins'. Once I've decided, dd will get whichever ones I don't want.

I have an oven mitt and oven gloves and neither get used much! Great tendency to use a folded tea-towel even when I know I shouldn't. I don't like not being able to properly feel whatever I'm picking up.

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I have two seperate storage pots for my utensils,one is for the metal ones and one for the wooden ones.I must have at least a dozen or so wooden ones that I have amasses over the years from a really little one that I use when making scrambled eggs to a long handled big one and various sizes inbetweenI also have my first rolling pin bought in 1962 from Woolworths which cost me 2/6d (about twelve and a halfpence)I wish I had a pound for every pie and pastry that I have rolled out it with, I would be very wealthy.
I do have a potato masher which is metal with a wooden handle which I have used for years and even though my DD bought me a plastic one it sits in the drawer as I just can't get used to it.I have one silicone cake thingy that I have used once and wasn't impressed with at all.I stick to my tins as I find them easier to get on with.The best thing I have in my kitchen is my old potato peeler which I have had for years and it is razor sharp and worn down and I shall be sorry when it evetnually breaks.My sis-in-law bought me a thin Kitchen Devil knife years ago when they first came on the market and its great and as sharp now as it was then.When I go on our yearly family holiday my spud peeler and kitchen devil comes with me as I have never yet found anything to match them I even take my potato peeler to my DDs when I know I am prepping stuff for her.It sits in the bottom of my handbag and if I ever got knocked down I wonder what the hospital would think about this daft old woman who carries her spud peeler in her hand bag :):)