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I broke my spatula yesterday. GRRRRR!
Of course it had many good attributes I can no longer find. I even brought the snapped-off handle piece in to work with me so that I could try to find this exact one. (The manufacturer name and product code were embossed into the hard plastic up near the hand end.) Nope. Any product that is well-liked, does its job, and isn't massively annoying to own, will be discontinued. That's the way things work. And since it's probably twenty years old, I realize I was nuts to think I could find it now. Neither this thing nor anything else as convenient is out there any more.
Good Attributes:
- Not made of metal; OK for nonstick pan use.
- Dishwasherable.
- No problems with high heat.
- NOT FLEXIBLE. I know what a scraper is, and I have several, thank you; I want a spatula. You know what a spatula is. You've seen UHF. It is not a scraper. A "turner" would also be okay as long as it's shaped the way I like and not like a big almost-circle.
- No holes in it.
- Total length small enough that it fits in the dishwasher's silverware rack without extending far enough to jam itself into the upper rack and wedge the whole works into immobility. I have no idea what "Good Cook" (Safeway brand utensils?) was thinking, but after they suckered me in with their three-foot-long* slotted spoons, I am NOT buying more utensils from them.
It is not like I have time to go to a store for this, much less several stores, hoping to find something I can stand. It's not often I want a store like SPATULA CITY to exist, but today I honestly wouldn't mind.
* exaggeration**
** but not much
Of course it had many good attributes I can no longer find. I even brought the snapped-off handle piece in to work with me so that I could try to find this exact one. (The manufacturer name and product code were embossed into the hard plastic up near the hand end.) Nope. Any product that is well-liked, does its job, and isn't massively annoying to own, will be discontinued. That's the way things work. And since it's probably twenty years old, I realize I was nuts to think I could find it now. Neither this thing nor anything else as convenient is out there any more.
Good Attributes:
- Not made of metal; OK for nonstick pan use.
- Dishwasherable.
- No problems with high heat.
- NOT FLEXIBLE. I know what a scraper is, and I have several, thank you; I want a spatula. You know what a spatula is. You've seen UHF. It is not a scraper. A "turner" would also be okay as long as it's shaped the way I like and not like a big almost-circle.
- No holes in it.
- Total length small enough that it fits in the dishwasher's silverware rack without extending far enough to jam itself into the upper rack and wedge the whole works into immobility. I have no idea what "Good Cook" (Safeway brand utensils?) was thinking, but after they suckered me in with their three-foot-long* slotted spoons, I am NOT buying more utensils from them.
It is not like I have time to go to a store for this, much less several stores, hoping to find something I can stand. It's not often I want a store like SPATULA CITY to exist, but today I honestly wouldn't mind.
* exaggeration**
** but not much
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Ignore fancy foo-foo stores like Williams Sonoma. They never have anything actually useful.
25 years ago, the Macy's in Stanford Shopping Center had a good kitchen section. Probably the store's been razed to the ground by now ;-)
But maybe they have many spatulas