What are some of the advantages to using wooden cooking utensils?
• Wood is gentle to non-stick surfaces, pottery and plastic mixing bowls like Tupperware so it extends the life of your pots, pans and bowls. • Wood is very durable and a little sanding can get rid of most marks caused by abuse. • Germs and bacteria don’t like wood (see Q6 below). • Wood is very light weight. • Wood won’t rust. • And according to what everybody tells me, it just feels good when you cook with wooden utensils. Q5: Which wood makes the best spoons? A: Thats a hard question to answer. Each have certain characteristics that make them unique. Cherry and Walnut develope a kind of satiny feel to them over the years. Maple and hickory are a little harder than the others. Birch will stand up to abuse better than most woods. The fact is they all make excellent spoons.” Q6: Is it true that germs don’t like wood? A: Yes, it is. Many tests have been conducted over the years with the same results. Germs and bacteria grow much faster on metal and plastic than on wooden kitchenware. In
