Scotch hands
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Scotch hands are large wood
en spatula
s used when making butter
. They are used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have rib
s or be fluted
. The highest quality Scotch hands are made out of sycamore
wood, but they can also be made out of metal.
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
en spatula
Spatula
The term spatula is used to refer to various small implements with a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix, spread and lift materials including foods, drugs, plaster and paints...
s used when making butter
Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...
. They are used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have rib
Rib
In vertebrate anatomy, ribs are the long curved bones which form the rib cage. In most vertebrates, ribs surround the chest, enabling the lungs to expand and thus facilitate breathing by expanding the chest cavity. They serve to protect the lungs, heart, and other internal organs of the thorax...
s or be fluted
Fluting
Fluting may refer to:*Fluting *Fluting *Fluting *Fluting...
. The highest quality Scotch hands are made out of sycamore
Sycamore Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus, the sycamore maple, is a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to Ukraine, and south in mountains to northern Spain, northern Turkey, and the Caucasus. It is not related to other trees called sycamore or plane tree in the Platanus...
wood, but they can also be made out of metal.
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