In any kitchen you work with a lot of tools. Perhaps none is as versatile as the spatula.
But, when you ask someone, "Hey, could you pass me a spatula?" Which one do they grab?
I never really thought about it before, but there are many different hand-held tools that are referred to as a spatula. I grew up with the plastic variety in my parents kitchen used to flip over pancakes when they start bubbling. Apparently, that style of a spatula is also called a "turner."
When I worked at Sub Express, a co-worker called the plastic utensil with a white rubber head a spatula also. How could the tool that we used to spread mayo & slather mustard on sandwiches also be a spatula? I was thrown for a loop. But, it seemed so natural to everyone else. Maybe I was the weird one?
The term spatula is also used to describe a tongue depressor in hospitals & is synonymous with a trowel when spreading plaster or paint at a construction site. It seems every tool box has some version of a spatula in it's arsenal.
At Mad Munch, the first piece of equipment I bought in 2013 was a wood & metal "turner" at a thrift shop for $2.50. It lasted for nearly five years before it literally snapped in half one day on the griddle. I purchased a better replacement at Restaurant Depot along with two backups. We also have five rubber heat resistant plastic "spreader" spatulas that we use daily.
If I could only take one tool with me on a deserted island it would probably be a turner spatula. Sure, a knife would be the logical choice, but you could sharpen the edge of the spatula (assuming the island had some rocks on it) to make it knife like.
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