Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: GUEST,MMario Date: 03 Feb 05 - 11:43 AM I need to take another picture? Just to show my pie servers? well....ok, never figured you for an exhibitionist, bill! and remember - it's not the size of your collection - it's how well you utilize it! |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 03 Feb 05 - 12:02 PM I suspect that "fish slice" is derived from the way a slotted spatula slightly resembles a slice of, say, salmon. You know... The way the musculature in sliced fish forms positive and negative visual spaces... Kinda like the way we Yanks call a large pistol a "hog leg". |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Amos Date: 03 Feb 05 - 12:13 PM ...because the form of the shadows playing along it brings to mind memories of four-legged ambling through pigwallow, as though in a revery.... |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Peace Date: 03 Feb 05 - 12:18 PM SPATULA ENVY: Dear Abby, |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Noreen Date: 03 Feb 05 - 12:31 PM Cooked fish doesn't take much slicing. I have in mind a whole salmon, about 2ft long, lovingly arranged as the centrepiece of a beautifully laid table, accompanied by a delicate silver fish slice. Now, to cook that salmon one needs a fish kettle.... that's a pretty kettle of fish |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 01:01 PM My favorite salmon doens't need a pan or a spatula. Just a good apetite, a plate, and lots of napkins. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: GUEST,just spatulatin' Date: 03 Feb 05 - 01:29 PM O-o-o-o-o-oh… Let's sing a song for the spatula The dullest knife in the drawer So many like me can relate So many like me can relate Let's sing an ode to the spatula Our fingers are saved from the blender The angry saber-toothed blender The angry saber-toothed blender Let's sing a hymn for the spatula It folds egg white into angel food I'll cling to the old rugged spatula I'll cling to the old rugged spatula |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bill D Date: 03 Feb 05 - 01:56 PM I didn't get 'right' back, did I? Had to call and get my cable modem reset, as it was s----l---o---w...... anyway, here are the other spatulas WITH pie servers and one of them thinks it's a cheese cutter, but after Bee-dubya-ell so graciously included all flat objects in the definition, it demanded to be in the pic! and Bee-dubya-ell, I am NOT gonna dig up all the putty knives that were jumping up & down whining, "us too, us too...he said we could"..!! No one has enough computer power to view ALL my implements scattered about the shop.... BTW, Noreen...no, we wouldn't want to be silly |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bill D Date: 03 Feb 05 - 02:03 PM and why it is not "fish sliceR"? (thought the menu soundes delightful..yum! Best meal I even had was braised Salmon in Hollandaise sauce.. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Rapparee Date: 03 Feb 05 - 03:06 PM I called the guy who asked me the question and suggested that he contact the SpatulA Dysfunction Support Approval Committee (SADSAC). According to their website, SADSAC maintains a list of approved, Board-certified spatula dysfunction specialists and can even arrange (in extreme cases) for permanent "hospitalization." I also suggested that might contact Amos, who is willing to do disgusting, filthy, unspeakable things because he uses a Mac. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 03:15 PM Though the cheese slicer might demand to be considered a spatula, it's a fraud. It's really a knife--as in a very exaggerated potato peeler that is really wide on one side of the blade. Tell it firmly to get back in the drawer. Try again if we drift into sharp implements. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 03:18 PM And oh, Bill, didn't you accidentally get the Chef Amos gourmet cat box scooper in there by mistake also? Can you photoshop that out of the photo, or do you want to re-take it? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:12 PM I have used one of those Korean hand plows before and it most definitely is not a spatula. A regular garden spade could be considered a spatula especially since, as previously noted, "spade" and "spatula" are derived from the same word. But the Korean hand plow is more like a cross between a pickaxe and a mason's trowel with a cramp. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:26 PM Well if we're counting poop scoops as well, then this is just going to get ridiculous.. how about those slotted spoons for pasta? They're just pasta poop scoops..... I've got one shaped like a dragon..... LTS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bill D Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:31 PM *grin*...SRS, you are just too durn perceptive: I thought I'd slip that one by.......I was wondering if Noreen would appear and call it a 'fish slice' (I'll bet the cat would like that, except we haven't HAD a cat for several years..) Sure is a small step from one mode to another, ain't it? Maybe Plato was right about 'eternal forms'... |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:32 PM You mean a spork? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:40 PM I want to hear more about how Amos convinced his family that he should retire the cat litter scoop implement and then use it for cooking. In most typical households, once something has been stored "under the sink," as it were (like the old toothbrushes that get used for scrubbing grout or polishing silver, or much groadier work), it doesn't get a second shot at the countertop. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Peace Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:42 PM Huh. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bill D Date: 03 Feb 05 - 07:18 PM oh, I'll bet a spork would have made Plato rethink his entire philosophy! (unless they had spaghetti in Athens...that's what it looks good for!) |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Tannywheeler Date: 03 Feb 05 - 08:13 PM Well, I refused to look at this thread til today. God is good. Had to go to a memorial service for someone we've known for over 30yrs this morning. I was all gooped up when I got home. You've cured me. My sides ache. Tooooooooo much laughing.... Tw |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: dianavan Date: 03 Feb 05 - 08:14 PM That so-called spork is a pasta thingy! ...and Bill D, the cheese slicer can in no way be included. Don't even mention the garden! All of my old kitchen utensils are out there. The serated knife works like a charm on weeds. But really, isn't a spade a spatuala? It scoops dirt, doesnt it? That raises my count to EIGHTEEN! |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 09:37 PM TW, you've come to the right place. I'd like to hear Amos' story, and I wonder what brucie meant by "huh." Was that a grunt or an editorial response? Between them there should be a few good chuckles left in this thread. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Rapparee Date: 03 Feb 05 - 09:48 PM A "spork" is the plastic spoon with tiny tines that you get at fast food places too cheap to invest in real plastic spoons and real plastic forks. Does the "grain shovel" I have count as a spatula? Or my snow shovel, which is flat? How about my paint scrapers? If you count this sort of thing I have lots and lots more -- and they're mine! Mine! |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 03 Feb 05 - 10:17 PM SRS - You'd like to hear Amos' story? The entire thing from date of birth? Or did you have something a little more specific in mind? And as for what brucie meant by "huh", well, what does Brucie usually mean by "huh"? Probably something different from what he means when he says "great flaming sardines sauted in yak fat", but not necessarilly so. You can never be 100% sure with that boy. And Tannywheeler, we are touched that this drivel has brightened your day. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 05 - 10:18 PM Liz, is yours like this? A spork is often the little utensil from the fast food restaurant that serves as a fork or spoon, but can you think of a better name for the larger pasta implement, that is shaped like the bowl of a spoon with tines around the edge? SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Rapparee Date: 03 Feb 05 - 10:46 PM Foon? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Peace Date: 03 Feb 05 - 10:49 PM I find myself agreeing with SRS. The thread creep here has been very disturbing. Perfectly normal people are seeing spatulas everywhere, and broadening the search could consume a lifetime of searching. A lifetime. Huh. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: darkriver Date: 04 Feb 05 - 03:41 AM Amos, you wrote (waaaaaaaay up there): "this is the first original idea to appear on the Cat since 2001, April." And what was that idea, pray? Thanks. doug |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 04 Feb 05 - 03:45 AM Noreen!!!!! How could I have missed such an obvious chance for a "joke"?? AAARGH!!! RtS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: jeffp Date: 04 Feb 05 - 09:05 AM OK, I finally got around to taking inventory. Of the pancake turner variety: 3 nylon, 2 stove-sized metal and one BBQ-metal. Of the scraper variety: 5 rubber with plastic handles, 3 silicone with metal handles Miscellaneous: 1 fish slice, 2 spoonulas (or is that spoonulae?) And here's my favorite way to prepare salmon. jeffp |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Rapparee Date: 04 Feb 05 - 09:18 AM Wow! I've never been able to cook anything without getting the pan dirty. How'd you do that? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: GUEST,Cheese-slicer Date: 04 Feb 05 - 09:20 AM UTENSIL RIGHTS!JUst because I have a blade in me you exclude me from spatulate glory! You some kind of a shape bigot? I can function as a spatula - and I'm as good as the next utensil! |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: wysiwyg Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:11 AM A cheap all-metal one makes a dandy over-the-door hook. Bend the spatula section to go over the door, then bend the tip of the handle end up as the hook. The spatula end does a good job of grabbing the surface it's hung over. So yes, my spatula is hung over. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Noreen Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:27 AM Cruelty to spatulas... And if a spatula is used as a hook, surely it is no longer a spatula? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: jeffp Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:31 AM I didn't cook them in that pan. They were cooked in this puppy. One of the best non-musical purchases I've ever made. jeffp |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Peace Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:36 AM "One of the best non-musical purchases I've ever made." A steam engine? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:37 AM Heck, Jeff, that is a musical purchase! Looks like you could raise hell on it at a drum jam. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:41 AM Yup--that's what I was going to guess. Cooked elsewhere, with smoke. I use a Little Chief (Luhr-Jensen) top-loader. And if I remember, I spread a little oil on the racks so my spatula doesn't break up the fish that would otherwise stick when I try to remove it after smoking. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Jim Tailor Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:54 AM welcome to spatula city |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Noreen Date: 04 Feb 05 - 11:03 AM Wonderful though those salmon look .... this thread is drifting. AHEM! We are rapidly approaching that day of all days for spatulas: Pancake Tuesday. Spatulas all over the UK (and further afield) and buzzing in anticipation. Definitely not a day for premature spatula. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 04 Feb 05 - 11:13 AM There's a guy in one of those photos flipping a pancake without using a spatula! Does the Spatula Union know about this? There's probably some little spat going hungry because that show-off is flipping his pancake directly in the air and bypassing spatulation. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Noreen Date: 04 Feb 05 - 11:30 AM Ah, but you need the spatula to loosen the edges of the pancake before the spatulaless toss. Skill! |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: JennyO Date: 04 Feb 05 - 11:35 AM Have we reached spatulafication yet? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Peace Date: 04 Feb 05 - 11:59 AM If the known, number I is near. Don't if that are limited. Spatulas, and here's the important, seem an as in for Grail, near in the mountains located. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bill D Date: 04 Feb 05 - 12:18 PM ah, Noreen, I used to live in Kansas, where the annual pancake race was regularly featured, since Liberal, Kansas has competed with Olney, England for many years. It looks like Liberal has won several in a row, and still holds the speed record! Perhaps a prize of a new spatula would speed things up? |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Davetnova Date: 04 Feb 05 - 12:58 PM No spatula is required for pancakes, only skill. After initial confusion I have 2 spatulas, one of flexible metal, an heirloom from my mother and one of wood for the mixing of things. I also have 2 fishslices which are rarely used for fish as I like to grill fish. I aslo have one spade, one shovel, and a dust pan. My cat is too civilised to need a poop scoop and although I possess a pasta poop scoop I have yet to find any pasta poop. I nearly forgot I have a plastic ruler which makes an excellent emergency mixing spatula. Emergency spatulas are something everyone should have knowledge of. Your omlette could be in severe danger otherwise.( This is not a threat merely advisory) |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Peace Date: 04 Feb 05 - 02:53 PM I agree with Davetnova. Love to flip the pancakes without using a spatula. Helps to have a dog around for the misses. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 04 Feb 05 - 03:02 PM Never had the nerve to try that non-spatulated pancake flip. My mamma always told me pancakes were for eating, not wearing. Anyway, I prefer waffles. |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 04 Feb 05 - 03:03 PM We don't wave around hot griddles in my house, we use a metal spatula, though around here it is called by it's clinical name, a pancake turner. Mine was bought 30 years ago but is quite durable, made by Cutco. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Spatulas Do YOU Own??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 04 Feb 05 - 03:04 PM By the way, if Flamingo Ted or Bunny Boy or Heric the Red or someone wants to make the 200th post to this thread, they'd better hurry... |