Trying the wooden spoon across boiling water trick
By snowy
@snowy22315 (179131)
United States
October 24, 2024 8:31am CST
I am boiling some eggs this morning. I am going to try the trick I always forget about which is lying a wooden spoon over the top of the pot to prevent boil overs. I think this really works. However, I rarely have anything that boils over including eggs..when the boiling gets going I always turn it down..however, I have had an egg boil over a time or two, plus maybe some potatoes..so I brought out the spoon just in case. Do you use the wooden spoon to prevent boil overs?
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@Marilynda1225 (82472)
• United States
16h
I've heard of that trick but have never tried it. Did it work?
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
16h
I guess so, but when they started boiling I turned them down. a bit.so wasn't really needed. I wasn't going to encourage a boil over, just to see if it would work..
@Marilynda1225 (82472)
• United States
10h
@LovesEverybody thats good to know. Yay for you adding a cooking tip to our chat 
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@LovesEverybody (3665)
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16h
I have tried it as I didn't know I was supposed to turn it down!
For me at least, the wooden spoon across the top of the top of the pan worked!
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@MarieCoyle (36141)
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6h
I used to do this. Then one day the handle of my wooden spoon scorched. I didn’t have the burner turned up or anything, but after that, I gave it up.
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
5h
I am not sure I have done it before, no more than once or twice, but I remember my mother used to do it.
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
4h
@MarieCoyle I mostly remember her doing it with puddings.
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@MarieCoyle (36141)
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5h
@snowy22315
I can't remember anyone in my family doing that, but I do remember cooking at a very young age, so if they did that, I think I would have remembered.
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
4h
By all means try it, but use a real wooden spoon, not just any large spoon.
@1creekgirl (41279)
• United States
4h
I'm not saying it might not work for someone, but I tried it once and it didn't work.
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
4h
My mother used to do it with pudding, but there is a scientific explanation behind it.
@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
6h
I usually do too, but I have had a boil over or two...It is generally eggs or potatoes that are the culprits.
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@snowy22315 (179131)
• United States
16h
https://www.simplemost.com/why-wooden-spoon-stops-pot-boiling-over/
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@Shivram59 (34542)
• India
12h
I don't eat eggs.I'm from a vegetarian family.Nobody in my family eats eggs or meat.
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