Wooden spoon

The wooden spoon ( in Swiss German also trowel or wooden spoon called ) is a kitchen utensil for stirring soups and other dishes to mix the ingredients and to avoid burning or clumping during cooking. He also serves for holding liquids and soft foods for the purpose of tasting. It consists of a flat tray with handle in different lengths, suitable for used in each pot. Often the wooden spoon has a pointed corner in order to better reach the bottom of the cooking pot can. The variant with hole is also called mixing spoon or perforated ladle.

The wooden spoon was formerly always made ​​of wood ( usually maple), today they are available in many shapes and colors of plastic.

Sometimes, Chef's Hat and Wooden Spoon decorate the facade of a restaurant, to indicate that there warm cuisine. The large laundry which was earlier still when cooked in large pots, was also turned over, stirred, and removed with an approximately 1.20 m long wooden cooking spoon.