Lumpy porridge?

**ccga3359** · 21st October 09, 06:20 PM

Good news now you can solve your lumpy porridge problems with the aquisition of you very own spurtle courtesy of Lee Valley Tools.

As an aside how come all Scottish kitchen things look like leathal weapons? Spurtles, haggis, etc...

**walkerk** · 21st October 09, 06:34 PM

A completed spurtle? Aren't they supposed to sell you tools to make a spurtle?

**ccga3359** · 21st October 09, 06:43 PM

$4.60 for a completed spurtle or $460 to but the tools to build a shaving horse and bow lathe to make your own spurtle. In the mean time you're still faced with lumpy porridge. Again you can make an authentic one for $0, grab a small branch de-bark it and stir.

**walkerk** · 21st October 09, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by ccga3359

... or $460 to buy the tools to build a shaving horse and bow lathe to make your own spurtle.

Aye! Now you've got the idea. "Look what I made for you, dear"

**Peregrine** · 21st October 09, 06:51 PM

Or you could just use the handle end of a wooden spoon.

**Bigkahuna** · 21st October 09, 07:19 PM

My uncle used to carry a slightly larger one walking his beat.

**Dirka Skene** · 22nd October 09, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by Bigkahuna

My uncle used to carry a slightly larger one walking his beat.

It does look kinda like a nightstick, doesn't it?

**Jock Scot** · 22nd October 09, 01:27 AM

Talking of spurtles and porridge, did you know that an American has just won "the Golden Spurtle" in the World porridge making competition, here in Scotland?

**Chas** · 22nd October 09, 03:12 AM

We use a wooden spoon.

I am always very wary of food that needs a special tool to eat it. A bread roll cannot be enjoyed unless you use a grossly ornate and impractical butter knife; Fish requires a knife that only right-handed people can use without dis-emboweling themselves; Corn-on-the-Cob (a glorious indulgence) can only be eaten with the use of razor sharp handles that don't actually hold anything and which will fling the corn into your lap at the first moment of inattention. And what about cake-forks - you can't enjoy a guilty slice of your favourite cake without using a fork that looks as if a couple of manufacturing processes were missed out. Again, designed for right-handed people - sorry, you lefties, your cake will taste terrible because you don't have the right tool to eat it with.

Wouldn't it be nice just to have food, rather than eating a lifestyle?

Regards

Chas