A kitchen scraper is a kitchen implement made of metal plastics such as polyethylene nylon or polypropylene wood rubber or silicone rubber in practice one type of scraper is often interchanged with another or with a spatula thus scrapers are often called spatulas for some of the various uses.
Rubber spatula uses in baking.
Metal bench scrapers serve only that one purpose while rubber bench scrapers have other uses too.
Newer ones may be heat safe from 175 to 290 c 350 to 550 f which is much better than the ones still hanging around unused in drawers from the 1970s and 1980s.
The word spatula derives from the latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint a diminutive form of the latin spatha meaning broadsword and hence can also refer to a tongue.
These scrapers gather up chopped foods or dough.
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Not all rubber and plastic ones are overly heat proof.
Use these in bowls pans and electric mixers to gather or consolidate batter dough and more.
A metal spatula is more commonly used for grilling whereas a rubber spatula is often used for cooking on the stove and for baking.
The slightly curved head is helpful when removing batter or dough from a bowl or transferring the dough into baking tins.
Spatulas with a long handle and smallish scraping end sometimes also called rubber scrapers.