What is better and safer to use wooden or plastic spoons to cook with?!
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I wouldn't use either!. I'm a chef and at work and home i use metal!. Wooden ones can splinter off in the food which is dangerous!. Plastic ones once they reach a certain temp will actually start to melt and leaves chemicals in the food!. So throw all wooden and plastic out and get metal!. Another thing is never buy stuff that is teflon coated, what they don't tell you is that when teflon starts to flake off it releases poison's into the food!. So go for metal untensil and stanles steel pots and pans and cast iron frying pans!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
wood is good but I like the larger metal spoons as well!. Plastic has never impressed me and tends to get sort of soft and limp in hot temps just when you need it!. Wood is perfectly safe and I disagree with the previous answerer who claims they breed germs!. Natural hard woods have something in them that bacteria does not like and anyway you can sanatize them in hot soapy dish water with a bit of bleach!. Same reason a wooden cutting board is safe!. It is an interesting project to research this as contrary to earlier reports of plastic being safer than wood, that has been recanted!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you are cooking over heat, you should use a wooden spoon because when the plastic gets warm, it can give off cancer causing chemicals!. If you are just stirring something like a brownie mix, I would use a plastic spoon!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I much prefer stainless steel but do use wooden spoons for some things and rarely use plastic junk!. I have broken too many of those cute plastic spoons when I really needed to be stirring or beating something!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
plastic!.
wooden holds germs and breeds germs!. I have thrown all but one of mine away!.
Make sure you get ones that say up to 180+ degree safe on them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
wooden holds germs and breeds germs!. I have thrown all but one of mine away!.
Make sure you get ones that say up to 180+ degree safe on them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com