Spoon Rests! What A Totally Superflous Kitchen Item!

[icyfroth]

I often see them in the op shops and think pffft, what a useless item. As if you couldn't use a saucer or whatever you have at hand while you're cooking. Making bolognese tonight I just rested the spoon on the side of the can.

[mtnlane]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I like your T&G cornish ware ( as well as your ashtray) Laney lol

Haha at the smoky flavor Joono

Am I love saffron rice

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I love it too Deb (and saffron rice) and in fact just ordered a new 15 oz mug to replace my favourite one which has developed crazes in the base. 

Maybe I should have ordered a spoon rest at the same time?

Nah - that would be overkill imo.  I am a model of restraint  

[hargrlynet]

I had them years ago, dont think I would bother using one now   

[sineaterdoodah]

thanks crikey! i'll have to write and beg the seller to ship to the usa,lol!

and YES to oil and salt  when cooking dried pasta,or rice!

[*crikey*mate*]

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@sineaterdoodah wrote:

thanks crikey! i'll have to write and beg the seller to ship to the usa,lol!

and YES to oil and salt  when cooking dried pasta,or rice!

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do a better search though, I have since come across more listings for them a bit cheaper than that one - think I saw one for about $50, It never ocurred to me to check if they posted to you though

*blush*

yeah. oil LOL

 next they'll be trying to tell us not to put butter in a hollandaise hahahaha

[*crikey*mate*]

and I went and saw how rice is processed -

blerk it is soooooo dirty

the grooblies floating around in a packet of rice would be awful!

there is no way I could use rice without washing it first - bugger the starch factor - the grooblies are enough to make you puke.

That'd be like serving a bleu steak and not wiping the cows bum!

[j*oono]

That's funny.  I've never found a grooblie in my rice 😄  Where are you buying yours from Crikey?

Can't say I've ever slaughtered a cow either.  

Listen, I suppose if you were trained some time ago, it was probably fashionable to add oil to your pasta water. Ideas and techniques change.

It's a shame I got rid of the ashtrays.  I could really use one like that white one for a spoon rest Laney.  I had one just like that.

[debra9275]

I think you're right Joono, I reckon it was about 10 years ago it was sort of " fashionable" to put oil in the water when cooking pasta. I tried it a few times but all it did was sit on the top of the water and the pasta was clumpy.

Perhaps the processing techniques have improved for rice over the years too, because like you I have never found any nasties in my rice lol

I don't have a spoon rest, I just use a saucer, I already have way too many kitchen gadgets. Just more stuff to clean.

[lloydslights]

Isn't rice a bit of a non-event?  No real food value, in my opinion.  It's mostly water isn't it?

Whatever are "grooblies"?  Do you mean stray husks?  In which case it would be fibre.  What is wrong with the starch being present?  The starch may give the feeling of being full longer than rice that was rinsed.

I suppose it "all boils down"  to one's need at the time of eating.  Whether presentation and refined taste and ceremony is as important as actually eating to replenish the body.

I admit that "eating out" has not been an oft occurrence in my life.  The only appeal was the non existence of washing up and extra time to spend with friends/family .

And I didn't have to worry about spoon rests.

DEB

[*crikey*mate*]

hahaha

it's not the stuff you can see that you have to worry about.

can't see the salmonella or ecoli or staph in stuff like chicken either, doesn't mean its not there

can't see the grooblies left behind by vermin peeing and pooping on tins or in grain vats and other processing places either..

sorry guys, but there is nothing you could say to convince me that it is ok to be that dirty

nothing anyone could do to justify it, I'm afraid.

[*crikey*mate*]

and LOL at the basics being considered "fashionable"

maybe some research?

Escoffier is a good place to start.

There are some things in cooking that are staples, the basics are the foundations upon which everything is built.

LOLOLOL

food trends come and go, but the basics - they're immortal

anyhow, been looking at spoon rests online - so many variations, eh?

some really quirky ones about