What kind of ladle do you prefer?

Do you like the metal ones or the teflon ones?

Is it more important to have a nice, pretty decorative ladle or are you more interested in utility (easy to clean, nice big scoop, comfortable handle)?

Do you own a noodle ladle?

Anxiety said:

women like the big black ladles with the thick base ...

Fury said:

though i've heard many end up having to make due with a tore-up noodle ladle.

Anxiety said:

I think this is a question for the guys

Ocean said:

that's blatant ladle-ism.

I personalyl don't own a ladel. Or a noodle ladle for that matter. I dont' really make soup ever. And when I do it's just for one. So I pour it out of the pan or use my big deep spoon as needed.

Though I dare you to say noodle ladel out loud 5 times fast.

CarrieMpls said:

you should own a noodle ladle. ESPECIALLY you.

they're so convenient. depending on the kind of noodle, you can so easily use it in place of a strainer, and a noodle ladle is tons easier to clean than a strainer (collander, whatever the hell it's called). i hate cleaning those things. the starchy stuff gets all trapped in the little holes and you spend forever having to clean each little hole and sometimes they get really clogged and you have to poke a knife or a fork through to get all the strainer skidge out, and even when you think you've gone that extra mile to get it perfectly clean, you see more clogged strainer holes. i say to hell with it. use a noodle ladle.

Anxiety said:

u ladle-ismem first
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Ocean said:

i don't know what you're talking about with all this ladle-eminem stuff.

Anxiety said:

that makes two of us

Is a noodle ladle the same as a pasta scoop? Mine is white.

ladle ladle ladle
I made it outta clay
and when it's dry and ready
oh ladle I will play

Mach said:

You just took me back to second grade, when I learned that song. I actually had a dreidel...

ThreadBare said:

We made them in grade school it was fun
I painted mine blue

ThreadBare said:

that is a noodle ladle!

mine is stainless steel.

I like Jewish ladles.

Anxiety said:

The ladle depends on the food I'm cooking.
If it's a soup, where you want to have broth included, it's a solid ladle.
I have a stir fry ladle that's wire mesh, I use with a wok.
I have tons of ladles. My favorite, is from the spice bazaar in Istanbul, along with umpteen wood spoons. I always purchase cooking stuff when I've traveled.
My favorite potatoe peeler, I bought in Germany.
My favorite mortar and pestle, from the local Middle Eastern store. Solid as a rock.

Mach said:

Mine was olive green. Like the man.

Anxiety said:

Evidently, there's a musical called "My Fair Ladle." I kid you not.

I'm going to bed.

All the jokes I thought to make have already been made.

I'm always ladle to the party.

hokie said:

We scoop better

i dont mind, as long as it scoops.

WillyWonka said:

I have the stainless ones and black teflon ones. My noodle laddle is teflon, though.

emm said:

Hello.

Wanna spoon, emm?

WillyWonka said:

Well look at you, Mr. Johnny-Come-Ladle!

So when was the last time you got ladle?

Anxiety said:

Yes, my natural tendency is to run a ladle slow. Terrible habit. Really gets me in the soup, sometimes!
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