noun
- plural of spurtle: wooden sticks used for stirring porridge or other foods
Usage: Scottish; cooking utensil
Examples
- She kept several spurtles in the kitchen drawer for making oatmeal.
- The traditional Scottish spurtles were carved from birch wood.
- He stirred the porridge with one of his grandmother’s old spurtles.
- The cooking store sold handmade spurtles alongside other wooden utensils.
- Spurtles prevent lumps from forming when making porridge.
- The chef demonstrated how to use spurtles for stirring thick mixtures.