andmade kitchen utensils are never going to go out of style, no matter how many stainless-steel, plastic or silicone ones are out there now. Wood performs just as well as those options, and it has since long before the Scots were making spurtles back in the 15th century. Then, spurtles looked more like dowels with handles, and they were used to help stir porridge before the advent of rolled oats, when it had to cook much longer. Today, you can use spurtles for any number of kitchen tasks — as a stirring spoon for soups and stews, as a spatula for whisking batters or flipping pancakes or even as a knife for spreading toppings
