So what is it? Well at Castle Ward there was wood turner demonstrating his skills. He made us a spurtle - apparently, it's a Scottish kitchen utensil, used for stirring porridge and doesn't bruise food as much as a spoon does.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2012
New Word
On my travels today I learnt a new word, a rather lovely one: Spurtle.
So what is it? Well at Castle Ward there was wood turner demonstrating his skills. He made us a spurtle - apparently, it's a Scottish kitchen utensil, used for stirring porridge and doesn't bruise food as much as a spoon does.
So what is it? Well at Castle Ward there was wood turner demonstrating his skills. He made us a spurtle - apparently, it's a Scottish kitchen utensil, used for stirring porridge and doesn't bruise food as much as a spoon does.
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Cool! I love learning new words, though I kind of doubt I'll be using that one too often, lol!
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