A Scottish Spurtle for Oatmeal Season

Faith Durand
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Faith is the SVP of Content at Apartment Therapy Media and Editor-in-Chief of Kitchn, and the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning The Kitchn Cookbook. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
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updated May 1, 2019
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It’s open season for oatmeal and we have what you’re looking for this week with a whole series of oatmeal tips and tricks. It’s time to get that morning pot bubbling, and you also want to make sure you have the right tools. If you’re firing up the oatmeal cauldron, isn’t it time you had a spurtle in hand?

(Image credit: Cattails Woodwork)

A spurtle is a traditional Scottish tool for stirring oatmeal and other types of porridge. (Rendered in gold, it’s also the symbol of the world porridge championships!) It moves smoothly through the porridge, breaking up lumps.

  • Read more: Word of Mouth: Spurtle

This particular spurtle, from Etsy favorite Cattail Workshop, is hand-crafted out of beautiful tiger maple, and finished with oil and beeswax. It also makes a lovely tool for stirring gravy, soup, and stew.

And come on — isn’t the word spurtle just so fun to say?

(Image credit: Cattails Woodwork)
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