People online are boiling their wooden spoons and getting grossed out by how much gunk comes out.
There’s a kitchen “challenge” going viral where you take a wooden spoon, boil it for 20 minutes, and see what comes out. In fact, a judge on “MasterChef Australia” posted something about it a while back.
“On the surface a perfect present but stick an old one in a cup of boiling water to see what fate awaits all wooden spoons. Give it a sniff. Phew, stinky! And you were going to stir your custard with that.”
Boiling wooden spoons in water is a good way to clean them, but once they’re clean you might never use them again because of how gross the water looks.
It turns out that even washing wooden utensils in a dishwasher won’t get them totally clean. So when you boil them, all sorts of oil and old food particles come out.
Someone who did it posted a photo on Facebook, and it’s been making the rounds online.
Some people think it’s gross and say they’ll never use a wooden spoon again; others say it’s harmless and they’re just overreacting.
