What is Spurtle?
Spurtle is a Scottish cooking tool made of wood. Although the term Spurtle is most known, other names for the device, including Spirtle and The Evil, are used. These tools have a long history of the 15th century or maybe earlier in Scotland. Cooking tools can be found in two samples, flat leaf spatula or a style -like stick. The construction of the spatula is considered to be the original design that is used to rotate objects cooked on the grate.
Over the centuries, the shape of the cooking tool has developed into a round tool similar to a rod used for porridge production. The style of the Spurtle sticks resembles a spoon without a traditional bowl at the end for charging or mixing. Instead, kitchen utensils are only on a direct shaft, usually with a carved area of adhesion or a decorative design near the tip. Traditionally, the production of the porridge was a slow process of cowing the stew oatmeal in water and salt for a long time until oats have changed. In order to prevent rip or crush oats, wasOstroh instead of the spoon. The device could be used for constant mixing, which helps to prevent large lumps from forming in the bowl and preventing it. As a result, the texture improves and the appearance of the finished product is more attractive to consumption.
Although oats and other styles of rapid cooking are available today, the type Spurtle type type of chopsticks type is still used in the traditional method of porridge production. Most remarkably, the implementation is used at the World Championship in the world porridge. The annual competition takes place in Scotland in the Highlands and honors an individual who makes the best traditional porridge with Golden Spurtle, a gold trophy reminiscent of a preferred kitchen for mixing porridge.
Simple and complicated patterns can be found in the island sold today. Usually, the heads are made of hardwoods such as beech or ashes. Size may vary but characterIstically, these kitchen utensils have no length and diameter. Designs are usually finely ground for smooth adhesion and are usually slightly coated in oil safe on food to protect wood and increase longevity.
Spurtles are considered a versatile kitchen tool. In addition to their use in the preparation of the porridge, they can be used to mix soups, gravizes and most other meals. Since the kitchen utensils are not made of plastic, they can mix the lower part of the pelvis located at a high temperature without melting and usually do not scratch dishes. Cleaning tools for cooking can generally be performed by scrubbing hot soapy water and allowing dry air to the air. Spurtle can be wiped with mineral oil if necessary to restore the target.