Yompai musings

Can a wooden spoon stop your pot from boiling over?

Clips of people laying a wooden spoon over the top of a boiling pot and watching the pasta subside are easily found on tik tok and youtube

Why Wooden Platters?

Like most things there are advantages and disadvantages. Using wooden platters is the same. Depending on what you need one for or where you want to use it, wooden platters may not be for you.

But there are many advantages to using wooden platters

Why use Toast Tongs?

The primary reason is for safety. Metal tongs are like metal knives in your toaster, dangerous. Wooden Toast Tongs, if dry, are not good conductors of electricity and are safe to use to extract your piece of toast or bagel that has gotten bent out of shape in the toaster. 

When choosing a wooden bowl for your NZ home, it is important to consider the type of woodgrain, colour and durability. Do they match your home and decor.

We have been out of salt where I live for a couple of weeks, no idea why. Finally back in stores Monday this week.

We use salt and spices for all kinds of things, personally I don't eat much but I do use it daily as a mouth wash for my gums on the advice of my dental hygienist.

Our handcrafted salt and spice spoons are a great way to add or serve salts and spices. Completely plastic free!

There are two types of lime used in Thai cooking. There are the regular limes that are common here in NZ, known as "manao" in Thai.

These are used to add sourness to a Thai dish, especially in dishes like Somtam (Papaya Salad).