Why do they make plastic spatulas?!
Answers: I'm talking about the type for flipping pancakes and eggs and things, not the rubber scraper kind. Why are they sometimes made of plastic instead of metal? It just seems ridiculous, is there even a use for them that doesn't involve a pan hot enough to melt it?
Ahaha!
I totally get you!
I wanted to make a banoffee pie...managed to complete it but also melted the spatula in the making of the toffee part.
They are pretty rubbish...I can't think of a GOOD reason why they should be around that a metal/rubber spatula can't do as well.
Oooh, I also tried cutting and serving brownies with one...yeh, that wasn't pretty.
Serving lasagna's, or casseroles. Or cakes, brownies, etc...
usually so they don't scratch non-stick pans or chip glassware (mixing bowls) etc...
Its for non-stick pans,
because when the metal spatulas can
scrap the non-stick layer.
Well, they don't just sit there in the pan and melt. They are only in the pan a second here, a second there, etc. Plastic, like the rubber ones, doesn't scratch the pan. The plastic being used does melt at a higher temperature than most plastics. Oh, they are also used to do things like lift up slices of pie, etc. (no heat involved there).
Having said all that, I'm not too keen on them myself.
Teflon pans get creased and nicked by steel spatulas.
Plastic spatulas are fairly good at *not* melting if you flip fried eggs of pancakes in a teflon pan. Me, I tend to use my cast iron pans, so the plastic spatula gets little use.
metal can sratch cookware like nonstick and tefflon coated pans...causing the pans unusable....they make plastic so it cant sratch anything basically. i prefer plastic anyways because its also more flexible, and makes a few jobs easier than metal ones :) they make them out of plastic that can stand high temps. they dont just use any old cheapy plastic.sometimes they might even add silicone into them. silicone can withstand up to 500 degrees farenheit if i remember correctly
because many use non stick pots and pans.. and when you use metal it scratches the surface and make the pan rust or in that spot the food will stick