Re: Spatula

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Quoted message said:

Kind of an odd question -- but how exactly did the spatula get it's
name?

Totally irrelevant, but are you talking about the rubber scrapers, or the
pancake flippers?

My sister's MIL used mistakenly to refer to this kitchen item as a
"spatch-OLA." We refer to it that way most of time, too, at family
gatherings. It doesn't take much to crack us up when we all get
together to cook.

Still, your question makes perfect sense to me. One The Hub and I are
cooking together and one asks the other to hand a spatula from the
drawer, the other is likely to say, "You mean the pancake flipper or
the other thingee?"

Boron

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 19:41:40 -0500, Boron Elgar <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Totally irrelevant, but are you talking about the rubber scrapers, or the
pancake flippers?

Still, your question makes perfect sense to me. One The Hub and I are
cooking together and one asks the other to hand a spatula from the
drawer, the other is likely to say, "You mean the pancake flipper or
the other thingee?"

We go through the exact same thing here. The only thing they have in
common is that they both have handles.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

In article <[email hidden]>,

Boron Elgar said:

My sister's MIL used mistakenly to refer to this kitchen item as a
"spatch-OLA." We refer to it that way most of time, too, at family
gatherings. It doesn't take much to crack us up when we all get
together to cook.

Still, your question makes perfect sense to me. One The Hub and I are
cooking together and one asks the other to hand a spatula from the
drawer, the other is likely to say, "You mean the pancake flipper or
the other thingee?"

In my family when I was growing up, neither a "pancake turner" (aka
"hamburger turner"😉 nor a "rubber licker" was a "spatula." Those wide
flat knives without a cutting edge were called spatulas.

Priscilla

--
"It is very, very dangerous to treat any human, lowest
of the low even, with contempt and arrogant whatever.
The Lord takes this kind of treatment very, very personal."
- QBaal in newsgroup alt.religion.christian.episcopal

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:01:48 GMT, Priscilla Ballou <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In my family when I was growing up, neither a "pancake turner" (aka
"hamburger turner"😉 nor a "rubber licker" was a "spatula." Those wide
flat knives without a cutting edge were called spatulas.

Damn! Come to think of it, I call all three of those spatulas. Pretty
soon, everything will be called spatulas, and no one will know what anyone
else is talking about, It'll be culinary anarchy.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Priscilla Ballou <[email hidden]> wrote in news:vze23t8n-
[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Boron Elgar said:

My sister's MIL used mistakenly to refer to this kitchen item as a
"spatch-OLA." We refer to it that way most of time, too, at family
gatherings. It doesn't take much to crack us up when we all get
together to cook.

Still, your question makes perfect sense to me. One The Hub and I are
cooking together and one asks the other to hand a spatula from the
drawer, the other is likely to say, "You mean the pancake flipper or
the other thingee?"

In my family when I was growing up, neither a "pancake turner" (aka
"hamburger turner"😉 nor a "rubber licker" was a "spatula." Those wide
flat knives without a cutting edge were called spatulas.

Priscilla

The wide flat knife was a palette knife in our house when I was growing
up, and that's still how I refer to them. The "rubber licker" was a
spatula, but the thingy for turning stuff wasn't. I don't know if it was
ever really called anything, maybe an egg lifter or turner. I've seen
them referred to in cookbooks etc. as an egg slice or fish slice.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

In article <[email hidden]>,

Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:01:48 GMT, Priscilla Ballou <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In my family when I was growing up, neither a "pancake turner" (aka
"hamburger turner"😉 nor a "rubber licker" was a "spatula." Those wide
flat knives without a cutting edge were called spatulas.

Damn! Come to think of it, I call all three of those spatulas. Pretty
soon, everything will be called spatulas, and no one will know what anyone
else is talking about, It'll be culinary anarchy.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I sense the makings of a Monty Pythonesque skit here...

Priscilla

--
"It is very, very dangerous to treat any human, lowest
of the low even, with contempt and arrogant whatever.
The Lord takes this kind of treatment very, very personal."
- QBaal in newsgroup alt.religion.christian.episcopal