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Spatula, turner: Used for lifting or turning food during cooking Flour sifter: Blends flour with other ingredients and aerates it in the process. [4] Food mill: Used to mash or sieve soft foods. Typically consists of a bowl, a plate with holes like a colander, and a crank with a bent metal blade which crushes the food and forces it through the ...
Bread pan – also called a loaf pan, a pan specifically designed for baking bread. [10] [11] Caquelon – a cooking vessel of stoneware, ceramic, enamelled cast iron, or porcelain for the preparation of fondue, also called a fondue pot. [12] Casserole – a large, deep dish used both in the oven and as a serving vessel. [13]
A fish slice is a kitchen utensil with a wide, flat blade with holes in it, used for lifting and turning food while cooking. [1] It may be called a slotted spatula or a turner [2] or flipper. [3] The utensil was originally designed as a serving piece rather than a cooking implement.
Spiders are skillets with three thin legs to keep them above an open fire. Ordinary flat-bottomed skillets are also sometimes called spiders, though the term has fallen out of general use. [25] Griddles are flat plates of metal used for frying, grilling and making pan breads such as pancakes, injera, tortillas, chapatis and crepes. Traditional ...
Apparently, "spatula" is just as general a term as "knife", is all, describing a general type of instrument (ironically, the article at current states that putty "knives" are a kind of spatula, heh). I do not think calling a spatula a spatula is a "problem in our society". A potential semantic problem, mind you, but hardly societal.
A cookie shovel is a turner with a larger blade, made for lifting cookies off a pan or baking sheet. A frosting spatula is also known as palette knife and is usually made of metal or plastic. Bowl and plate scrapers are sometimes called spatulas. [4] [5]
According to the Independent, the idea was conjured up by the French company, Bic, who added the holes to prevent people from choking to death if they were to accidentally swallow one.
A potholder offers protection for only one hand at a time. To lift a pan with two hot handles using both hands, two potholders are needed. For holding a hot piece of equipment, the potholder is folded around it and grasped with the hand. Generally a rubber surface will be on one side to grip and a fabric side to absorb the heat on the other side.