tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328849953299620869.post8878572485294692894..comments2023-03-01T01:14:11.431-08:00Comments on Executive Dishwasher: Wooden SpoonsExecutive Dishwasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00838094671970935579noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328849953299620869.post-44584596477487282912009-11-14T12:48:18.956-08:002009-11-14T12:48:18.956-08:00I stumbled in via the Foodiewidget site, and I fin...I stumbled in via the Foodiewidget site, and I find this so very interesting---my own choice is quite similar---a flat wooden paddle. Several litter my "stuff" drawer---slanted flat ones and plain ones and the spoons themselves; there's even a "fudge" one with a nickel-sized hole near the bottom for good flow of the boiling mixture as I hum and listen to Books on CD and stir.<br /><br />But wooden spoons---always---for pate a choux and cookie dough.<br /><br />When I was very young and learning to cook in the DEEP South, the mother of one of my friends made really good homemade ice cream---a Sunday afternoon treat, "turned" for a long time out under the shade. I asked for the recipe, and even at twelve, I had a "Huh?" moment when she recited, "And you stir it every MINNNNIT with Grandma Oliver's SILVA tablespoon. That's the Secret."<br /><br />Well, even EYE knew that scritching a tablespoon over the bottom of a pot would clear only a hairline on each pass, leaving the greater part of the custard to lump and scorch, PLUS silver in an egg custard---not done. <br /><br />I DO like the way you think. And write. I'll be back.RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.com