Accidentally cooked wooden spoon in sauce

[Softkittysillykitty]

Was cooking a batch of bolognaise when the phone rang. Turned sauce down and chatted for half an hour. Came back to sauce and found I'd left a wooden spoon simmering in it.

AIBU to keep on cooking? My DM told me to throw it away and start again. I think she's mad! What a waste! I mean what's the worst that could happen? It tastes a little wooden?

Who is right?

it's fine.
done that loads of times

If you imagine a tree as a very big vegetable then I can't see that it could do too much harm.

It will be fine

It's organic - it be fine!!

I'm not sure why you wouldn't think that it would be fine?!

I'm not dead yet, so you should be OK .

It will be fine.

It's one of your five a day, surely?

Channel your inner beaver. Eat your dinner.

what its a spoon not poison

If you had been standing in front of the cooker for all that time and stirring the sauce, would that have been a problem? There's no difference, because the wooden spoon would still have been in the sauce. If the sauce isn't burnt, it's fine.

Thank you 😊

I am going to show my DM this thread!

I always leave the spoon in. They arent made of poisonous wood (unless you whittled it yourself from hemlock?)

I've done it loads of times. No idea why anyone would think you had to throw it out.

It'll be absolutely fine.

What does your mum would have happened in that time that is different to stirring something until it comes to the boil or stirring/take spoon out/repeat!

I leave it in all the time, i'm in my 50s, i'm not dead yet.

As long as it's not burnt onto the bottom of the pan it's not a problem. It's designed to be in a pan at hot temperatures..

It wouldn't even occur to me to worry about this

Is this why spoon rests were invented?

Or are they just so the teabag holder can have a friend?

I don't think I ever take the wooden spoon out of the pan when I'm cooking a sauce...

Surely it's easier to leave the wooden spoon in the saucepan than to take it out and mess up the worktop or a saucer with it.

I've never seen or owned a spoon rest.

I once found a spoon at the bottom of casserole, it slipped under when I wasn't looking and I found it when dishing up!
Poor little fella must been in there for at least 2 hours.

What is this spoonrest you speak of?! Mother?!