A tip for the cooks

[hypoman]

I have noticed that most people don't know this trick. When you are cooking something in a pot and there is a danger of the contents boiling over, just put a wooden spoon across the top of the pot....for really big pots, sometimes two is in order. I have completely stopped using a lid. Been doing this for about 4 years now. I don't know why this works, just that it does....since I have been told this trick I have had nothing spill over. I would be interested to hear anyones explanation as to why this works....or theories?

 

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[WindHarvester]

Great tip that I can't wait to try because I just hate it when that happens.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

I think the spoons just pop the bubbles.

 

[spartacus53]

I think maybe you have a magic spoon

 

[Detectingfreak]

Question is are you cooking it on high, medium or low settings?

 

[truckinbutch]

I know the threat of a wooden spoon kept me from boiling over a few times when I was little! they hurt.

That's how I got started making wooden spoons . Granny whopped me with one of hers .
I grabbed it when she wasn't looking and threw it in the fireplace . Got caught for that , too .
Rather than beat me again , Grandpa gave me a 'dollar Barlow' and a piece of white hickory and told me to make Granny another one . Dull knife and a piece of wood hard as a piece of iron .
By the time the spoon was done and the fingers stopped bleeding I had a newfound respect for craftsmen .

 

[Produce Guy]

It works because it's MAGIC......

 

[hypoman]

I think maybe you have a magic spoon

Maybe it is a magic spoon.....I wonder how much I could get from ebay. Maybe I could just buy a bunch of wooden spoons and sell them as magic spoons. I bet people will buy them if they think only MY wooden spoons will do this....hmmmm

 

[Dano Sverige]

It works when pouring a glass of coke too. When the bubbles threaten to spill over, drop the lip of the bottle onto the lip of the glass...et voila!

 

[spartacus53]

It works when pouring a glass of coke too. When the bubbles threaten to spill over, drop the lip of the bottle onto the lip of the glass...et voila!

Didn't work for me... I saw the mouth of the bottle, but no lips on it