How to Select Cooking Utensils
Cooking utensils are, in many cases, your contact with the food you cook. Good ones, and the right ones, will make your life easier.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Ladles
- Peelers
- Rubber Spatula
- Serving Spoons
- Slotted Spoons
- Spatulas
- Tongs
- Wire Whisks
- Wooden Spoons
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Start with a few wooden spoons, a flexible rubber spatula, a vegetable peeler and a pair of tongs. These are the essentials.
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Choose sturdy utensils of decent quality. Better ones will last a lifetime.
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Add to the essentials with a ladle, slotted and regular serving spoons, a metal spatula and a whisk.
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Make sure wooden utensils are sanded smooth and have nothing that could splinter off into your food.
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Check for solid attachments in utensils such as whisks and tongs that are put together from several pieces. Cheaper ones will eventually come undone.
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Choose only wooden or rubber-coated utensils for use with nonstick cookware.
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Tips & Warnings
Flexible rubber utensils are not usually heatproof, but some newer brands are. These can be used in hot pans during cooking. Check the labels to make sure.
Replace rubber-coated tools as soon as the rubber coating wears out. They're much less expensive to replace than a nonstick pan.
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Comments
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Nov 22, 2005
To make sure your wood utensils are easy to clean, and that they last a long time, it is necessary to season them. I recommend melting some shortening in a pan, then soaking the business end of the utensil in the melted grease. -
Nov 22, 2005
To make sure your wood utensils are easy to clean, and that they last a long time, it is necessary to season them. I recommend melting some shortening in a pan, then soaking the business end of the utensil in the melted grease.
