What do you stir your food with when cooking?

JIL

A black silicone spatula (I have three all the same)

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Ancient wooden spoon, quite small, with a squared off corner. Or the other end of it if it's just stirring things being boiled.

No need for anything else - despite having quite a few bits including a large metal spoon. I never, ever liked plastic.

The couple of silicone things I tried were got rid of almost immediately for being rubbish, as i couldn't get a feel for how the food was cooking through them.

PollyWollyDoodle

Ah Jojo I have one of those with a squared-off corner, never see them anywhere or I'd buy another! The pointy bit is perfect for scraping scrambled eggs.

In answer to the OP - wooden spoons. The silicone spatulas are just for scraping cake mix out of the bowl.

Mummy2cheekymonkeys

Wooden spatulas for savoury foods and wooden spoons for baking. Don't like the idea of making a cake with a spoon that has been in a spaghetti bolognese etc.

PasturesNew

In coated frying pans it'd be a rigid black "plastic" spatula... so as to not scratch the surface. In an uncoated saucepan it'd be a big metal spoon, so I could get all round the bottom/edges. In coated saucepan I'd have a plastic/rubbery big spoon.

I don't like wooden utensils as they stain the first time you use them .... and never look appealing ever again. I also find they "feel funny to hold"

Olliebeak1951

I prefer wooden spoons for stirring/baking. Have a wooden 'wedge shaped thing' that's good to use when making omelets or stir-frys, but no use for folding them - have to use my plastic 'fish slice' for that .

WeeMidgie wrote: »

I use wooden spoons. I have one each from my deceased parents' kitchens that I use, and love the connection with them through shared love of food, and the rhythm of everyday domesticity.

What a lovely thought, WeeMidgie - I have a couple of items that came from my nan's kitchen - that I remember her using in the 50's/60's - and are still in regular use . Most notable are her 'egg-separator' and an 'old-fashioned can opener'.

-taff

Wooden spoons [for stirring] or wooden spatulas [ for mince type things] , depending on what's being cooked, silicone whisk for white sauces, plastic or silicone spatula wider at the top for fried eggs,

luvchocolate

a wooden spatula my son made at school 20 years ago, made to fit my hand...bits have started to come of but can't give it up!!!

juliettet

I have nice kitchen tools bought as a present from my Sister in Canada. They sit all pretty in an utensil holder and are used rarely. I love my black small !kea plastic spoon and when I lost it replaced the same immediately.

Yorkygirl

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Ah Jojo I have one of those with a squared-off corner, never see them anywhere or I'd buy another! The pointy bit is perfect for scraping scrambled eggs.

DO you mean one of these??

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tala-Waxed-Wooden-Scraper-Spoon/dp/B0071QMZYU/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1536580767&sr=1-3&keywords=wooden+scraper+spoon

I use them all the time :-)