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Behold, The Spon: A Double Backed Spoon
Each year the winner of the World Porridge Making Championship takes home the Golden Spurtle Trophy—the spurtle being a a rod-like kitchen tool from Scotland used to stir oatmeal while it cooks—but this year's winner didn't spurtle his way to victory. The 2010 champion Neal Robertson attributed his perfect porridge to the water from the hills above Auchtermuchty, Scotland, where he runs The Tannochbrae Tearoom, and his use of a Spon instead of the traditional spurtle.Gadgets: Pasta Server and Measuring Cup Ladle by Epicurean
We demand a lot of our most basic kitchen tools—wooden spoons, slotted spoons, spatulas and flippers are used for anything and everything when we cook. It's strange to think that they've rarely evolved to better suit the hundreds of functions we employ them with, but that's just what Epicurean's gourmet series of utensils sets out to do.Why Forks Have 4 Tines
From an excerpt of At Home by Bill Bryson, which appeared in the Guardian on Saturday: "Eating forks were thought comically dainty and unmanly - and dangerous, too, come to that. Since they had only two sharp tines, the scope for spearing one's lip or tongue was great, particularly if one's aim was impaired by wine and jollity. Manufacturers experimented with additional numbers of tines - sometimes as many as six - before settling, late in the 19th century, on four as the number with which people seemed most comfortable. Why four should induce the optimum sense of security isn't easy to say, but it does seem to be a fundamental fact of flatware psychology." [via Kottke]Gadgets: The Universal, Hold-All-Your-Knives-And-Utensils Block by Kapoosh
I was curious about the Kapoosh universal, hold-all-your-knives-and-utensils block from the get-go. The pictures were unclear—something mysterious was clearly going on. But the concept lured me in, and the purchase proved my doubts to be all wrong.Animal-Themed Chopsticks for Kids
[Photograph: Hog Wild] Fail-proof chopsticks that are joined at the top usually strike me as unnecessary, but then I saw these colorful chopsticks from Hog Wild and thought, "Those are still unnecessary, but I sort of want them." They come in four styles, eight kinds each ($2.25 per stick): Dino Sticks, Farm Sticks, Zoo Sticks, and Fish Sticks. Time to get those Ankylosaurus-themed eating utensils you've always wanted! [via Geekologie] Related Videos: Feeding a Cat With Chopsticks Magnetic Chopsticks That Recreate the Feeling of Pulling Apart Wooden Chopsticks Chopsticks Aid, a Fork Attached to Chopsticks The Boundless Value of Disposable Chopsticks (and More)...How to Make Edible Salad Tossers
[Photograph: Dessine moi un objet] One perk about cracker-based cutlery is the easy clean-up after use. Crunch. The design blog Dessine Moi un Objet shows you how to make these salad tossers (as well as a salad dressing receptacle) from dough. Though the site is in French, the step-by-step photos are pretty explanatory. One disclaimer: maybe don't use these around impressionable children—they might think it's acceptable to eat utensils. [via The Kitchn] Related Do Biodegradable Spoons Ruin the Ice Cream Experience? Spatula Taxonomy An In-Depth Tribute to Sporks...Video: Where Do Whisks Come From?
Have you ever wondered how those wire loops get on a whisk? Or never thought you did but now you do? In this video, the web show CUPS (Cooking Up a Story) goes inside the only U.S. manufacturer of whisks. "Next to a knife, fork, and spoon, I think it's probably one of the most common tools in a home kitchen," said John Merrifield, who runs the factory with his brother. (I'd like to see him debate that with a spatula manufacturer.) Watch the video, after the jump....The Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in Scotland
A spurtle. [Photograph: etsy.com] Of all the thingamajigs floating around in drawers, the spurtle might be the coolest. The wooden stick is something of a magic wand for porridge—it's engineered to prevent the lumping and congealing of mushy hot cereals. On October 11, expert porridge makers from far and wide will compete for the coveted golden spurtle trophy at the sixteenth annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in Carrbridge, a village in the Scottish Highlands. This year, Matt Cox of Bob’s Red Mill—the first and only U.S. participant—will compete with his oatmeal brûlée topped with pears, cherries, hazelnuts and distilled spirits, stirred with a custom-made Myrtle spurtle (naturally). Part of me still wants a spurtle to be an...Spatula Taxonomy
This image, created by Lunchbreath after walking around the International Housewares Show in Chicago last month, makes me wish that Disney would create an animated film called Snow White and the 137 Spatulas. Related An In-Depth Tribute to Sporks Six things you cannot live without in your kitchen? [Talk] Place Setting from Hell...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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