Do you use wooden spoons when you cook?

I use plastic. Last time that I used a wooded one is when my grandmother racked it on my knuckles for mistakes in the kitchen.

I have a bamboo spoon and a wooden spatula, and those are basically mandatory if you use non-stick pans, and if you don’t want to use silicone tools.

I’ve been using wooden utensils for cooking for over fifty years (some are the same ones I have used for fifty years) and I clean them properly and I have never had a problem.

I have plastic, stainless, and wooden utensils I use. Mostly it depends on what pan I’m using. Wooden won’t scratch non-stick as easily as stainless and the plastic tends to get ratty looking and I throw it away before I start getting plastic into my food.

Yes

Yes, sometimes. Never had a problem with them.

No. I used to have some but they just seem like they could harbor bacteria and mold so I threw them away. I use silicone and stainless steel utensils usually.

Only when baking, and I wash them well when complete.

My problem with both plastic and metal spoons is that if you are mixing heavy batter by hand, plastic breaks and metal tends to bend or lose torque. A heavy wooden spoon can’t be beat (pun intended)

I have an array of wooden utensils – spoon, slotted spoon, spatula, turner, fork spoon. I was just looking at sets online and it seems that most are teak. The one I happened to look at was $45. I also have two sets of plastic utensils.

Mine are cheap and I run them through the dishwasher. Now I’m thinking of getting a new, quality set.

I use stainless and bamboo. They’re both easy to clean and durable. I got my first bamboo utensils with a wok 30 years ago. I figured they would last a few weeks. That wok is long gone but I still use the utensils every day.

Ick, no.

I didn’t have a wooden spoon until I started living with my husband when we were engaged. I only use it for making jello and cake, and I don’t always use them for those things. My husband uses them for other cooking, but not often, he doesn’t cook often anyway.

I scrub it well after using it. I don’t let them sit wet or dirty for a long time. I once heard Martha Stewart say don’t put a wooden spoon in a dishwasher, don’t let it soak, and to clean and dry it right away. Sounded like good advice, and I basically follow it.

I see Martha also says to oil it about once a month, and don’t use it right after oiling.

I don’t oil anything. I live in Florida, I feel it will attract ants.

I’ve never oiled my wooden spoons but then again, I’ve never used them.

You’re supposed to use mineral oil, not a food based oil.

For some reason, I’ve always used them when making chocolate pudding but I rarely make that any more.

I have a lot of each, but wooden sets are used for big salad bowls (wood fork end and spoon end), and various others for mixing. I also use them in canning as wood doesnt get hot like metal.

My wooden spoon is the first one I’ll reach for when I’m cooking in the non-stick, which itself is the first pan I reach for to cook most things.

I have twenty or so wooden and bamboo utensils. Also have stainless steel, silicon, Nylon and plastic ones. I use them all

The only kitchen brushes I use are silicon, different handle lengths including one that is over a foot long for BBQ. I have a bristle brush I bought at a wallpaper store for brushing off cornmeal from my pizza stone.

@Tropical_Willie Got room for one more at your table?

^^ or two?

I use them all the time.
Wooden spoons have antibacterial properties because their porous material absorbs bacteria and traps it, where it dies off.
That said, I boil mine from time to time and oil them.

I prefer wood, glass, iron, steel and aluminum.
Plastic is just nasty.

Yes, I have a draw full of them. Unlike my mother, I don’t use them to beat my child.