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the unsung hero that flips your breakfast and your whole mood
means A kitchen tool with a broad, flat blade for flipping, spreading, or lifting food, or a similarly shaped implement used in labs and crafts.
from From Latin 'spatula,' a diminutive of 'spatha' — a broad, flat blade, the same root behind 'spade' and even the elegant 'spathe' of a flower. The Greek cousin 'spathē' meant a broad blade too, including a sword. So your humble egg-flipper carries the lineage of a battlefield weapon, scaled down to wage war on stuck pancakes.
- name origin
- From Latin for small flat blade or spoon
- surgical cousin
- Doctors use spatulas in real medical procedures
- NASA approved
- Astronauts spread food in zero gravity with them
- two camps
- Turners flip, scrapers scrape, never confuse them
le creuset silicone spatula — kitchen tool brand known for colorful cookware since 1925
rubbermaid commercial spatula — standard restaurant-grade spatula used in commercial kitchens worldwide
victorinox offset spatula — professional baking tool with angled blade, used by pastry chefs