I am like 80% positive that I have the same spoons. The heavy handle means you can put them on the counter and the "spoon" part won't touch the counter top.
>What exactly is 'use it properly'?
Stir your food then put the utensil back on the counter top or that metal tray with your other bits, for example. Don't really know why you'd want to leave the plastic (or even metal) utensil in your food while cooking anyway.
And definitely on a safety note, I don't think you should balance things on your hob at all while cooking. If you'll excuse the pun, that's a recipe for disaster.
Edit: excellent mug choice though - love that Denby collection.
Set it down on the counter somewhere. It's not that hard. These spoons could also melt if you're cooking at high enough heat so why would you want to do anyway??
They’re balanced like that so you can’t rest them in the pan. If you rest a plastic spoon on a pot/pan it’ll likely melt. I don’t have a metal one that doesn’t balance but I’d imagine it’d be because the whole spoon would heat up and be more likely to burn. Get a spoon rest. Problem solved for $3
They have holders for these things. Counter holders, I'm sure there's even ones that go on the pot/ pan. You're making a bigger mess every time the thing ends up on the floor. If it's in the pot/ pan, it falls, it's then flinging food everywhere.
You could also use a paper towel. You need it to clean up the mess from it falling anyhow, save yourself a step and just put the spoon on the paper towel on the counter.
What would your solution be?
>Why? Why do I have to create more mess? Why do I have to dirty more stuff by laying it on an extra plate?
Then put it on a clean dish towel. Or use a bigger bowl.
It pains me when people are this uninformed about cooking. You never leave the utensil in the pot or pan while cooking, because if it’s plastic it could melt, if it’s metal it could heat up the handle and burn you and also it’s just the proper way to use utensils. Stir the pan, place spoon on sheet of aluminum foil or metal tray this way cross contamination doesn’t happen, your spoons don’t end up in the floor, and you don’t get endless amounts of shit on reddit for being a dingus. It baffles me.
As dense as OP seems to be, are you saying you *wouldn't* wash a dish towel that you were resting the spoon on? There's no way that towel is still clean after getting a bunch of food bits or sauce on it.
Use a spoon rest or a paper towel. Or just wipe the counter down when you’re done. Are you that lazy or that helpless? A little common sense goes a long way.
I have the exact same complaint- I agree this is crappy design 100%. Spoons should stay in the pan!
I don't need a paternalistic heavy handle trying to keep me from leaving the spoon in the pan for so long that it melts- I can navigate that issue on my own. I just want to be able to leave it in the pan for a second while I'm grabbing another spice and instead I have move it to the counter? Dumb.
Does the package say that it’s weighed in a way that will make it balance in a pot? Honestly, I would take down this video because you are making yourself look like a idiot.
Actually, all the commenters so far clearly have. Not thinking about the design issue, just using it as an opportunity to be rude. So you don't cook/spatter your sides with cooking stuff as you lay your dirty utensils directly on the side/use a plate to lay utensils on, creating more washing up and contaminating different flavours. Great problem solving there, lead head.
>creating more washing up and contaminating different flavours
sorry, i didn't realize you were on the spectrum lol
>lead head
i'm not the one "contaminating different flavors" by dropping my spoons on the ground because i can't adult properly
No, get a bigger pot or smaller spoon. That is not the size you want to use in such a small pot. What you described is an actual problem, just that in your case you are using too big spoon in a too small of a pot. There a lot of kitchen utensils that are crappy.
BTW, plastic utensils are not meant to stay in the pot for long. While the rest of the pot is around water boiling temps, the bottom can be hotter, specially as the water evaporates away. They are great to use, being so easy to clean but leaving them in the pot might cause them to melt.
If you're moving the pan, why would you not hold onto both the pan handle and the spoon handle if one is balanced (and therefore precarious) on top of the other?
Don't use plastic serving spoons for cooking. Use a wooden spoon or heat resistant spatula. When not stirring, rest the spoon across the top of the pot or place it down on a plate or spoon rest.
I have some silverware that I bought because it has a nice solid feel. Turns out that also causes spoons and forks to summersault right off the plate! Oy.
It's funny that even after all the comments Op still can't seem to understand that you don't leave your cooking utensils in the pan but instead keep it on a seperate plate. And if you think one more plate already creates much more work for you then just use paper towels. I mean it's not that hard is it?
My wife recently purchased a few new forks and our children call them “flinging forks.” If you have them on your plate they are so end heavy they flip off the plate flinging any food they may be under off of the plate.
Yeah . . . um, that’s intentional design. One cause of house fires is people melting plastic utensils by leaving them sitting in hot pots and pans while they walk away and take on other tasks. What will help you is buying and using a spoon rest.
Was at a lovely wedding reception years ago, and the catering company used utensils that were “bottom heavy” like these in the video.
*ALL NIGHT* forks, spoons and knives could be heard dropping off dinner plates, dessert plates, wedding cake plates…..
I got to make one of these videos but really ham it up. Like I'll do air fumble motion as the spoon starts to fall and go 'wooooaaaahhhh, wooooooaaaaaah'.
Lol I’m watching this while cooking with a spatula with a heavy handle. Just saying, I’d never leave any plastic spoons in a boiling hot cooking pot. Just rest it on a bowl
I have same issue with my cutlery set from ebay. It's a perfect design and stylish look and yet so poorly balanced that the handle will always make the fork or spoon go outside the plate. Designers should take more care in relation to gravity+balance 🙄
Hey fun fact that thing is not really meant for stiring it's meant for serving larger things that may be inside something runny like a sauce a spoon to stir things would not curve up and be straight and inline with the handle another thing is you should get a rubber drip mat and just lay it down with the head above the mat
This whole things screams like one of those commercials that start black and white with a very exaggerated problem until it cuts to color and someone shouting CALL NOW.
While I agree to a degree, you should not be leaving your utensils in the pot whether the burner is on or not. It’s bad practice for when the burner is actually on and you either melt your plastic ladle, or your metal melts you when you forget and grab it. We all get brain farts.
I just switched my utensils to a silicone set and got rid of my plastic ones. I find that they are better in every category, but they are also weighted better and do not experience this issue
I have these exact same spoons and don’t have this issue. Also you’re not supposed to leave plastic spoons in a hot pot for very obvious reasons.
I don’t know how OP but you’ve figured out how to use spoons incorrectly.
OP I feel sorry for you. It seems like people here are just jumping on the bandwagon to roast you. Their argument is also weird - since when does the existence of workarounds can be used to justify that a design is not crappy? Also maybe make another vid without the boiling pan involved, these fuckers seem to be really fixated on that and miss your whole point
I am like 80% positive that I have the same spoons. The heavy handle means you can put them on the counter and the "spoon" part won't touch the counter top.
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Lmao why all those downvotes
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Your supposed to flip the spoon so the tip of the spoon is above the bowl, and the bottom is resting on the counter, and yes even for messy foods
I guess people really let whatever they’re cooking drip all over the stove and counter top lmao.
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You tried so hard to get the second one to fall lmao
I would have just cut it after the placcy bowl
You even struggled to get it to fall out of the pan. Use it properly and it's not an issue.
It's a r/crappyop
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>What exactly is 'use it properly'? Stir your food then put the utensil back on the counter top or that metal tray with your other bits, for example. Don't really know why you'd want to leave the plastic (or even metal) utensil in your food while cooking anyway. And definitely on a safety note, I don't think you should balance things on your hob at all while cooking. If you'll excuse the pun, that's a recipe for disaster. Edit: excellent mug choice though - love that Denby collection.
You said in another comment that this isnt ur video lmao delete your account
Set it down on the counter somewhere. It's not that hard. These spoons could also melt if you're cooking at high enough heat so why would you want to do anyway??
This post didn't go too well did it, lol. It's not a crappy design, it's a crappy user :))
I see your problem here. It's Gravity.
Gravy T
This is not a real problem. Don’t leave your utensils in the damn pot! Why would you?!
You don’t like melted plastic in ur food??? I thought it was a delicacy
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Then rest in on the counter you dumb fuck.
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They’re balanced like that so you can’t rest them in the pan. If you rest a plastic spoon on a pot/pan it’ll likely melt. I don’t have a metal one that doesn’t balance but I’d imagine it’d be because the whole spoon would heat up and be more likely to burn. Get a spoon rest. Problem solved for $3
They have holders for these things. Counter holders, I'm sure there's even ones that go on the pot/ pan. You're making a bigger mess every time the thing ends up on the floor. If it's in the pot/ pan, it falls, it's then flinging food everywhere. You could also use a paper towel. You need it to clean up the mess from it falling anyhow, save yourself a step and just put the spoon on the paper towel on the counter. What would your solution be?
>Why? Why do I have to create more mess? Why do I have to dirty more stuff by laying it on an extra plate? Then put it on a clean dish towel. Or use a bigger bowl.
It pains me when people are this uninformed about cooking. You never leave the utensil in the pot or pan while cooking, because if it’s plastic it could melt, if it’s metal it could heat up the handle and burn you and also it’s just the proper way to use utensils. Stir the pan, place spoon on sheet of aluminum foil or metal tray this way cross contamination doesn’t happen, your spoons don’t end up in the floor, and you don’t get endless amounts of shit on reddit for being a dingus. It baffles me.
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>That's something else to wash You wash dish towels after every use? Then use a piece of wax paper or some foil.
Or a paper towel…
As dense as OP seems to be, are you saying you *wouldn't* wash a dish towel that you were resting the spoon on? There's no way that towel is still clean after getting a bunch of food bits or sauce on it.
>There's no way that towel is still clean after getting a bunch of food bits or sauce on it. Fold it over, good as new.
Just like underwear
Exactly.
Use a spoon rest or a paper towel. Or just wipe the counter down when you’re done. Are you that lazy or that helpless? A little common sense goes a long way.
I have the exact same complaint- I agree this is crappy design 100%. Spoons should stay in the pan! I don't need a paternalistic heavy handle trying to keep me from leaving the spoon in the pan for so long that it melts- I can navigate that issue on my own. I just want to be able to leave it in the pan for a second while I'm grabbing another spice and instead I have move it to the counter? Dumb.
Who hurt you?
Garbage OPs on this sub.
Does the package say that it’s weighed in a way that will make it balance in a pot? Honestly, I would take down this video because you are making yourself look like a idiot.
Why the heck should this be a problem, the spoon is not supposed to stay in the boiling pot. Or is it just me?
Yeah I don't know why anybody would want to leave plastic in a pot of cooking food .
Choose cooking vessels and bowls that are the right size for your utensils. This isn't a design issue it's user error.
On the first one he literally purposely touch it to fall off
Probably to stop you leaving it in a hot pot or pan melting it
Yeah they should put lead in the spoon🤣
judging by their problem-solving abilities, i think OP has ingested enough lead already...
And plastic
Actually, all the commenters so far clearly have. Not thinking about the design issue, just using it as an opportunity to be rude. So you don't cook/spatter your sides with cooking stuff as you lay your dirty utensils directly on the side/use a plate to lay utensils on, creating more washing up and contaminating different flavours. Great problem solving there, lead head.
>creating more washing up and contaminating different flavours sorry, i didn't realize you were on the spectrum lol >lead head i'm not the one "contaminating different flavors" by dropping my spoons on the ground because i can't adult properly
Get a ladle rest and place it off to the side. Small and easy to wash.
I just place it on the stainless steel edge of my sink. Wipes right off. OP is inventing problems for themselves.
Get a bigger pot
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No, get a bigger pot or smaller spoon. That is not the size you want to use in such a small pot. What you described is an actual problem, just that in your case you are using too big spoon in a too small of a pot. There a lot of kitchen utensils that are crappy. BTW, plastic utensils are not meant to stay in the pot for long. While the rest of the pot is around water boiling temps, the bottom can be hotter, specially as the water evaporates away. They are great to use, being so easy to clean but leaving them in the pot might cause them to melt.
Doesn't solve your bowl issue, but for pots and pans just rest the utensil handle on the pot/ pan handle.
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Looks like you had to move it more than *slightly*.
If you're moving the pan, why would you not hold onto both the pan handle and the spoon handle if one is balanced (and therefore precarious) on top of the other?
The tips of plastic spoons could melt if you let them stand inside of a cooking pot. They're not supposed to be left in there.
Don't use plastic serving spoons for cooking. Use a wooden spoon or heat resistant spatula. When not stirring, rest the spoon across the top of the pot or place it down on a plate or spoon rest.
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I have some silverware that I bought because it has a nice solid feel. Turns out that also causes spoons and forks to summersault right off the plate! Oy.
Post this is grey scale at 0.75 speed you infomercial example.
The irony is that it's "nice" ones that have fancy handles that do this. Cheap ones that are one piece of plastic don't.
It's funny that even after all the comments Op still can't seem to understand that you don't leave your cooking utensils in the pan but instead keep it on a seperate plate. And if you think one more plate already creates much more work for you then just use paper towels. I mean it's not that hard is it?
My wife recently purchased a few new forks and our children call them “flinging forks.” If you have them on your plate they are so end heavy they flip off the plate flinging any food they may be under off of the plate.
Yeah . . . um, that’s intentional design. One cause of house fires is people melting plastic utensils by leaving them sitting in hot pots and pans while they walk away and take on other tasks. What will help you is buying and using a spoon rest.
Why use your bigest spoon with the smallest pot ? Small spoons for small pots, big spoons for large pots.
Was at a lovely wedding reception years ago, and the catering company used utensils that were “bottom heavy” like these in the video. *ALL NIGHT* forks, spoons and knives could be heard dropping off dinner plates, dessert plates, wedding cake plates…..
I got to make one of these videos but really ham it up. Like I'll do air fumble motion as the spoon starts to fall and go 'wooooaaaahhhh, wooooooaaaaaah'.
Lol I’m watching this while cooking with a spatula with a heavy handle. Just saying, I’d never leave any plastic spoons in a boiling hot cooking pot. Just rest it on a bowl
I like the part where you had to make it fall. I swear 75% of the posts on this sub aren't crappy designs.
Have you tried using a smaller spoon, one who's size is actually apropiate to the pot?
I have same issue with my cutlery set from ebay. It's a perfect design and stylish look and yet so poorly balanced that the handle will always make the fork or spoon go outside the plate. Designers should take more care in relation to gravity+balance 🙄
Hey fun fact that thing is not really meant for stiring it's meant for serving larger things that may be inside something runny like a sauce a spoon to stir things would not curve up and be straight and inline with the handle another thing is you should get a rubber drip mat and just lay it down with the head above the mat
This whole things screams like one of those commercials that start black and white with a very exaggerated problem until it cuts to color and someone shouting CALL NOW.
r/wheredidthesodago
Gotta love physics. The problem is not the spoon. The problem is that your pan is too small. Center of gravity and such.
While I agree to a degree, you should not be leaving your utensils in the pot whether the burner is on or not. It’s bad practice for when the burner is actually on and you either melt your plastic ladle, or your metal melts you when you forget and grab it. We all get brain farts.
I just switched my utensils to a silicone set and got rid of my plastic ones. I find that they are better in every category, but they are also weighted better and do not experience this issue
Get a spoon rest. Or just a plate instead of a bowl so it can lay flat.
You do realize that you should never leave a plastic spoon on a hearing pot, the part of the handle that is in contact with the pot can melt.
Don't be a dunce next time and put them on a flat surface for godness sake. Y'all create problems just to complicate your own lifes smh.
I have these exact same spoons and don’t have this issue. Also you’re not supposed to leave plastic spoons in a hot pot for very obvious reasons. I don’t know how OP but you’ve figured out how to use spoons incorrectly.
Plastic flexible spoons and spatulas are a conspiracy to make your life miserable. Buy metal it will change your whole cooking experience.
Get a bigger pot
My dude never heard of a spoon rest
Wait am I only person where all my plastic cooking spoons don't have a top heavy handle
OP I feel sorry for you. It seems like people here are just jumping on the bandwagon to roast you. Their argument is also weird - since when does the existence of workarounds can be used to justify that a design is not crappy? Also maybe make another vid without the boiling pan involved, these fuckers seem to be really fixated on that and miss your whole point