Comments on: Risotto Finishing Spoons

By: millet

millet — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:47:40 +0000

belated happy birthday, MM! here’s wishing you more adventures, more posts, and more zubuchon!

my hubby and our barkada and i (12 of us) had the most wonderful lunch at Zubuchon (Mango) last week, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. it was everyone’s second time to have the zubuchon, but the two stars of that lunch were the crispy pata and the iba shake. everything was wiped out! we wanted to go back for lunch on our way back from hk but the schedule was too tight, so now it’s the first in our list of reasons for going back to cebu.

By: millet

millet — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:38:02 +0000

but wait, mine are not batali’s…mine came along with a set of brand-new elegant cutlery service for eight, in a fancy cutlery tray, all for $10 from a canadian flea market. the guy threw in a full set of knives, (bread, butter, oyster, fruit, cheese, steak, etc.), picks, fancy forks, salad servers, etc., etc. guy said his wife left him, so he wanted to unload everything that weekend (naka-chismis pa!). he wanted to throw in a 7-piece set of vision cookware but there was no way i could bring those back home!

By: millet

millet — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:25:03 +0000

so that’s what those are! i have a couple of those and have never figured out what they are for, or even what they’re called. thanks for the info, MM! now i can say i have risotto spoons!

By: PITS, MANILA

PITS, MANILA — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:36:51 +0000

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARKETMAN!

By: sophie

sophie — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:03:03 +0000

happy birthday MM! :), hope that (this time you to give a birthday present to all your readers…. pleading :) you’ll put up a Zubuchon outlet here in Manila even for the frozen goodies, chicharon, and other pasalubong (Zubuchon)….. praying praying….

By: Footloose

Footloose — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:20:47 +0000

@Westy, Similar concept, that is, cashing in on cooking popularity on TV by peddling gadgets, if that’s what was meant. Probably did not catch on like spurtle because its use is quite narrow, finishing risotto and the market has completely changed. It is now the internet age where the user review of any new gadget can be brutal, particularly if is not even good at it. An ordinary heat resistant silicone spatula could have done the job more efficiently plus a lot of other similar chores too.

By: Mart

Mart — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:13:32 +0000

When I first read “Single-use kitchen doodad.” I first thought, “Ano? Disposable? Ang sayang naman!”
Then I clicked on the link and read the rest of the post. :-)

Happy B-Day MM!

By: Westy

Westy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:12:37 +0000

Those look like ‘spurtles’. Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet of the 1970s fame, used them extensively when he cooked. They work great, actually! (Never used one for risotto, though.)

By: Lex

Lex — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:26:56 +0000

Gaita Fores uses them often for making other dishes other than risotto. She used them more making her mongo with ubad last Thursday. Anything you do using a wooden spoon can be stirred using this spoon. Not all the gadgets by Mario Batali are great. We just have to use our discretion in buying these gadgets and cooking equipment.

By: erleen

erleen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:12:21 +0000

Happy Birthday MM!