The bright red rubbery utensil meant for scraping cake mix and gravy out of bowls. What is that? This really is my kitchenware. I'll put it whatever side you say.

Red spoon/spatchula in a drawer separated by that criteria.

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[–] 41 points 1 year ago (11 children)

It's called a maryse in French and it's a kind of spatula

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    In swedish it's a slickepot, "lick-bowl", so neither spoon nor spatula (if I had to, I'd take spatula as they often are spatula shaped).

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    Dutch is not a serious language.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As a Dutchie I can't help but agree

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    C'mon dude, that's a spatula.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I thought this was a trick question or something.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm gonna break one of my rules and explain my joke ...
    Where I live, the things behind it are spatulas. And so is the red rubber thing. And they are clearly not the same.
    ... So that's funny. Err ... well I think its funny. I'm not very funny.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    I've always heard it called a rubber spatula.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    We call it the 'pannenlikker' in Dutch. The Pan Licker, basically.

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  • I've always heard it called a silicone spatula.

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    Difficult to tell. I need a close up to see whether it is a spatuloon or a spoonula.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's a spatchula. you can scoop stuff with a spoon, good luck tryg with a dough scraper.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The online restaurant store i usually go to sells them as spoonulas

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    It’s a spoonula!

    They’re great for all sorts of things in the kitchen. The black ones, however, do not belong in the kitchen.
    Not because of the black plastic controversy, but because if you’ve ever thwacked someone/something/yourself with a spoonula, you know that you need one in the bedroom, and if you only use black ones for that purpose, then you never ‘cross the streams.’ A … uh. friend introduced me to that rule over a decade ago, and now I bequeath that knowledge to you all.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    It's a spoontula, cousin of the spork. It is created when a spoon and a spatula love each other enough to transcend reality. Just don't ever let two spoontulas stay in one area as they're very territorial and will attack each other. That's how the spoon drawer gets all messed up.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    In Portugal it's called Salazar, the same name of the dictator

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I love you people.
    I thought that would be a funny pic, but I don't think I expected so many fun terms from around the world.

    TLDR ... Spatchula and its variants wins by far.
    Got some good entries in the Creative category.
    But, I'm going to go with Pan Licker from now on!

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    The summary, as best I'm able. (Updated a couple times.)

    Things I expected ...
    yes - xx
    spatchula - xxxxx
    spoon - xx
    silicone spatula - xx
    rubber spatchula - x
    rubber scraper - x
    dough scraper - x

    Creative ...
    spoonula - xxxxxx (This is a real thing!?!?!)
    spatuloon - xx
    spoontula, cousin of the spork - x
    microwaved ice cream spoon - x
    Softspoon - x

    Around the World ...
    maryse - x
    slickepot/lick-bowl - xx
    Pannenlikker/Pan-Licker - xx
    Gummihund/rubber-dog - x
    Portugal dictator - ?

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    And then we got some surprise entries on the actual spatchulas behind the red thing.
    These terms totally make sense, but they sound weird as hell to me!

    turners
    fish slices
    egg slice or fish slice
    fish lifters

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    Weird Al had a thing to say about spatchulas.
    He says I spell it wrong ...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUDwj_mXKE

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The metal things beneath it are spatulas. The red doohickey is a rubber scraper.

    If you wouldn't use it to flip a pancake, it's not a spatula.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'd call those metal things fish slices, not spatulas. Maybe a regional thing?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    If it has a divot like a spoon then spoonula. Else, (silicone) spatula.

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    I'd put it with the tongs. If you're just trying to grab a spatula without looking, you don't want the dough scraper. Same logic for spoons, the scraper won't do. So you put it with the weirdos in the bottom section.

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