Originally published at: Everyone needs a spurtle in their kitchen – and this pakka wood set is as sharp as they come | Boing Boing
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A… spurtle? I don’t think I’m familiar with that pokemon
Spurtle has to be one of the removed from publishing Seuss books.
Everyone needs a spurtle in their kitchen
I’ve often said this to my Dear Wife, and got nasty look for my troubles.
Now you can make mounds of oatmeal to go with the mounds of cole slaw!
I doubt that my Scottish friends would recognise any of those as a spurtle.
It’s 2021, you don’t have to be ashamed of that kink any more. Go ahead and buy that paddle.
Yes. Though it is actually a broken wooden spoon, sanded down a bit.
I’d also like to be the first to say “Is that a spurtle in your kirtle, or are you just pleased to see me?”
Apparently in the 15th century the name did apply to something more like these, which might now be “Couthie Spurtles”.
I was expecting an article with that kind of title to at least make an honest attempt at explaining what on earth a spurtle is for those of us not privy to this arcane knowledge. Instead, we get “it’s kind of like a spatula, but rounder”. Which … doesn’t explain anything. There are rounded spatulas in the world, after all.
A spurtle is a knobbly stick for stirring porridge. It’s nothing like a spatula. If you try to flip a fried egg with a spurtle, you’re going to end up with a big eggy mess.
We have silicone versions of these in our kitchen because my partner is easily swayed by tv infomercials. I’m not convinced of their value over a silicone spoon or spatula. But I do like the word spurtle.
off to the kitchen to go spurtle myself a bowl of oatmeal. lol
This is the last kitchen tool we acquired. I was lucky to find one of these sadly discontinued Boschian beasties:
and I absolutely love it. I mostly use it for cut-up and little fingerling potatoes, and broccoli. Everything goes into the boiling water all at once w/o splashing and/or burning me, and everything cooks the same length of time. It’s also much easier to get everything out at once w/o causing pain and suffering.
I often open the cupboard where it lives just so I can smile at it.
Even the pre-release teasers are great:
tho the submarine too quickly disappears.
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