wooden spoon

On-Yomi:

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 14-10-2007(22): After you get the wooden spoon in the "egg & spoon" race another competitor explains that you need to hold the spoon "just so".

2) [mantixen] 31-7-2009(13): A spoon used to measure ingredients just so is a measuring spoon.

3) [Aerin] 30-7-2008(5): Use a wooden spoon when cooking foods that need to taste just so.

4) [Megaqwerty] 29-9-2007(5): This spoon just so happens to be a wooden spoon.

5) [icamonkey] 9-11-2010(3): The metal spoon gets too hot, the plastic spoon melts, but the wooden spoon is just right!