"Michelle" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:18:24 PM UTC-6, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:00:25 -0600, "Polly Esther"
>>
>> > wrote:
>
>> >We are blessed with grandchildren who are setting up new homes and, of
>> >course, kitchens. I've been thinking about what kitchen Christmas gift
>> >would be useful and realized that I frequently reach for a 'steak
>> >knife'.
>> >Not many steaks served here and I don't know if these young ones 'do'
>> >steak
>> >very often either. The question - if I ever get to the point - can any
>> >one
>> >recommend a set of steak knives that they've bought recently and can
>> >recommend?
>> > Also - my favorite for everything cooking big spoon is marked Utica
>> > Cut
>> >Co USA. When it is busy, I feel deprived and use something else. What
>> >is
>> >your best favorite reach-for cooking spoon? Polly
>> A large wooden 'spoon' that is flat on one side, slightly curved on
>> the bottom and has a hole in the middle.
>> http://tinyurl.com/o4ld77o It's the third from the left. I have two
>> and they are used every day.. They are quiet, sturdy and break up
>> lumps when liquids flow through the hole. I have a smaller,
>> finer-built one that is used solely for making white sauces because of
>> the way it smoothes out lumps.
>> Janet US
>
> That is a useful spoon - but only if the person using it is right-handed.
> I have one designed for lefties, but without the hole.
>
> My most-used spoons are composite spoons - they are shaped like wooden
> spoons (round handle, small bowl), but don't stain and can go in
> the dishwasher without issue. They come in bright, primary colors which
> match my kitchen.

I prefer that kind. I only recently got some pretty wooden ones (rainbow
colors) but after using them a few times and finding the colors fading, saw
them somewhere else online and it said that they are for use only with dry
foods! Can't think of much of a use for anything like that! Sure if you
are baking, you might stir your dry ingredients together but then you'd add
wet stuff and you'd have to switch spoons.

I wasn't even using them on anything that was very moist. Just the vegan
fudge.