No one can agree what this kitchen utensil is called

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What is the mysterious kitchen utensil they’re trying to name?

Bree Tomasel 0:00

Show requested, so here it is. As long as you've got da da da It's ZM's Brian Clint Podcast. Look, I think a lot of the time we're on the same page when it comes to the name of things. Surely. Like we're all on the same page when I say what is this? Drink bottle. Exactly. What is this? Laptop. Like we all call things the same thing. I came across this article where this is starting to gain traction now over a common, very common I would say, cooking utensil where people uh have a different name for it. Right, okay. And I'm like Do I have this cooking utensil? You would have it, Claudia would we would all have it. Everyone listening right now, I would say ninety nine percent of people would have this cooking utens.

Which names do the hosts and guests initially suggest for the utensil?

Bree Tomasel 0:45

Ooh, okay. And I've only ever called it by one name. Right. So I'm gonna put it up on the screen and you and Claudia, I want you to tell me what do you call this cooking utensil. All right. Specula I my family would call it a flipper, but I know it is a spatula. Flipper. A flipper. To flip things. A flipper. Flipper dipper if you're being fun. That my friend Is a spatula. I know people that I've fought with people about this before.

Why do some people call this tool a “fish slice” and what’s the story behind that name?

Bree Tomasel 1:19

I would spatula, yeah, that's fine. Do you know I've heard it called a third thing? Oh, there's multiple things. We'll get into that. What else have you heard it called? Fish slice. Yes. Apparently very Claudia was gonna say fish slice, not flipper. That's what I've gotten fights about. People calling it a fish slice. A fish slice is what the Brits call it. It's more than just fish. Which I've never heard that before in my life. What's the other things that people are calling the spatula? Yeah.

What other regional or quirky names (like “egg lifter” or “flipper”) are mentioned?

Bree Tomasel 1:47

An egg flip. What An egg lifter? An egg lifter. An egg lifter, yes. A flat flipper thing. Oh, that's close to mine. And a slotted metal thingy. I don't like that at all. No. No. No one's calling it a slot only a dum dum is calling it a slotted metal thingy. Or a flippity McFlippison. It's close. It's like calling a plate a f a a f a flat food tray. An egg holder.

How do families and chefs differentiate between a spatula and a scraper?

Bree Tomasel 2:14

Yeah. Yeah. It's a spatula. That's what it is. I've never ever heard anyone else call it anything else. I would only accept spatula or fish slice. Why fish slice? Because I know that people do call it that. But why? Like I've heard slice. And actually now do you say it, I've heard British chefs say fish slice. I don't trust fish slices. I don't like that. How in any way is that a fish slice? Um

What funny or confusing terms (e.g., “slotted metal thingy,” “flippity McFlippison”) arise during the debate?

Bree Tomasel 2:40

Like you try and explain that to me. Well uh well, by your logic, yeah. How is that a spatula?

Bree Tomasel 3:01

A spetula, obviously. God damn. Right, okay, nine six nine six. What do you call the thing that you use a spatula to turn fried eggs over? To flip things. Or pancakes. What do you call the thing fresh or no, sorry. What do you call the thing that you use to spat things? Yeah. Yeah. What do you or slice things, maybe. To spatue things.

What’s the final consensus on what this common kitchen utensil should be called?

Bree Tomasel 3:23

What what are you calling that common kitchen utensil? Hmm. Um Someone said so if you call a fish slice a spatula, then what do you call an actual spatula? A scraper. It's what my family calls it. Is that m that rubber one, a scraper. Yeah, I've heard that called a spatula too. Yeah, but it's your family, simple people, aren't they? Yeah, we know what we know, you know. My mom calls it the egg slipping rubbery thing. I love it! If only there was a name for it. Oh, there is! Spatula! Play ZM's Brian Clint on Insta, Facebook, TikTok, and live weekdays from three on ZM.

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