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Hot take: Those bendy silicone measuring spoons are not worth it.
I bought a set to save drawer space and ended up spending 15 extra minutes trying to get a level teaspoon of baking powder because the handle kept flopping over into the bowl. Has anyone else given up on these and just went back to metal ones?
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emma964mo ago
My buddy Sarah swore by those silicone spoons until she tried to scoop honey and the whole thing just folded in half, dumping honey all over her counter. She spent ten minutes cleaning it up and threw them straight in the trash. Told me she'd rather dig through a cluttered drawer any day than deal with that mess again.
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pat_roberts554mo ago
Funny thing about silicone spoons, nobody ever talks about how they hold onto flavors and smells. That honey mess is bad but try scooping up some leftover spaghetti sauce then using the same spoon for dessert later. You'll taste garlic in your pudding every time. Boiling them helps some but not fully, and by the time you've had a silicone spoon for six months it just smells like whatever you cook most. Metal or wood doesn't have that problem at all. So even if you master the floppy technique you're still dealing with spoons that basically marinate in your last three meals.
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robinp894mo ago
Nah, gotta disagree here. The trick is to let the spoon rest on the edge of the container while you level it off, then it doesn't flop anywhere. Took me a couple tries to figure that out but now I actually prefer them because they don't clang against my mixing bowls or scratch up my nonstick pans. Plus you can just bend them to scrape out the last bit of peanut butter from a jar which is way easier than digging around with a metal spoon. Just gotta treat them like a tool that has a learning curve instead of a direct upgrade.
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