Topic: What spoon

[noble ox]

Hi All 
Any reason as to why some of you use metal rather than wooden spoons for cooking the curry?


I am struggling to see the obvious reason apart from making a lot of noise

[Peripatetic Phil]

I have to say, I'm with the Noble Ox here : wooden spatulae, wooden spoons, and nylon-covered tools are the order of the day here, almost certainly due to the fact that almost all cookware is Teflon non-stick ...

** Phil.

[PaulP]

I use a chinese wok and a wooden spatula. The main reason is stealth as I'm often cooking quite late and my 6 year old son is sleeping in his room just above where the cooker is.

I guess a metal spoon will be better than a wooden one for scraping off the sides and bottom of the pan.
You don't want stuff to get stuck to the pan for too long or it will start burning.

Paul

[Whandsy]

I have to say, I'm with the Noble Ox here : wooden spatulae, wooden spoons, and nylon-covered tools are the order of the day here, almost certainly due to the fact that almost all cookware is Teflon non-stick ...

** Phil.

Not forgetting that it will also go bright yellow of course after one stir, and the missus's normally play hell after that!! 

[chewytikka]

Hi All 
Any reason as to why some of you use metal rather than wooden spoons for cooking the curry?


I am struggling to see the obvious reason apart from making a lot of noise

Noble Ox
Some members want to replicate BIR as close as possible.
The Chef''s Spoon is just a standard piece of kit, that most BIR Chef's use.
You can't get a wooden spoon with a thin enough bowl and if you could it
wouldn't last too long on the high heat, it would simply burn and split.

cheers Chewy

[noble ox]

Hi All 
Any reason as to why some of you use metal rather than wooden spoons for cooking the curry?


I am struggling to see the obvious reason apart from making a lot of noise

Noble Ox
Some members want to replicate BIR as close as possible.
The Chef''s Spoon is just a standard piece of kit, that most BIR Chef's use.
You can't get a wooden spoon with a thin enough bowl and if you could it
wouldn't last too long on the high heat, it would simply burn and split.

cheers Chewy

Chewy ticka
Thanks for the reply
I have used the same wooden spoon which is chefs size and thin for 20 years, it was sold as a salad server but is top quality hard wood
There are also lots of silicone spoons of the required sizes
Metal spoons scratch steel aluminium and teflon which encourages sticking and burning
In some recipes on this site some members advocate metal so I am still wondering why

[PaulP]

Hi Noble Ox,

I think the aluminium pan and steel serving spoon combination is something that really works for BIR curries.
It's what you see on almost all the kitchen videos we have seen.
Sure there might be some aluminium scraped off by the spoon but this is unlikely to be a hazard.
If that was a real worry you could always use a black steel pan. You don't need (or want) non-stick as the whole point of non-stick is to be able to use less oil. Not what you want in a BIR curry.

Like I've said I normally use a wok and wooden spatula but only to keep the noise down at night.

Cheers,

Paul

[martinvic]

One thing about what is used in restaurants/takeaways is, I can't see anything else being quite up to the job of getting the various spices etc. out of there containers, as a metal 'chefs' spoon.

Obviously not needed at home for the majority of us, unless you have your own spices set up that way.

Martin

[DalPuri]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (the pan or the spoon)

Personally, i think (apart from being comfortable) the chefs spoons are used because they fit the curvature of an ally omlette pan making it easy to scrape down the sides.

the same goes for a wok and a turner.

Perfect Companions. 

[colin grigson]

I use a metal 'chef's' spoon so I at least look the part ... I imagine myself in one of those youtube vids of great chefs preparing mouth watering curries ... it just wouldn't feel right with an ordinary wooden spoon like the one I use for porridge... this is a curry after all !!