I have used wooden spoons all my life. I currently use a nicely carved set of bamboo utensils. Wood contains lignins, which are naturally antibiotic. Plastic cutting boards were all the rage at one time, billed as being more sanitary than wood, until it was discovered that bacteria survived much longer on the plastic cutting boards than on the wooden ones. I'll keep my wooden utensils, there is nothing better for scraping out a pan than a wooden spoon.

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