15 Kitchen Utensils That Will Give You Abuela-Status Cooking Skills

Taking those first few steps away from the family home into some sort of adulthood is a painful process. As the keys on our ring multiply, things get complicated: there’s the expense, the responsibilities, the interminable laundry. The cruelest gut-punch of them all may well be having to abandon all that good home cooking: the rice and beans, the tostones, homemade salsa. If you work all day or live on your own or — gasp! — are the one in charge of getting dinner on the table, there is nothing more comforting and nostalgia-satisfying than the smells of home from your own kitchen right now.

Of course, you don’t have all day to simmer stock for the pozole or fold tamales, so make sure you grab a box of stock and pre-ground masa at the store. Below, we’ve got you covered with all the gadgets you will need to make the dishes you crave at home. Some of them are the same the same utensils the abuelas use, while others are updated versions of classic tools that will make your life even easier. No one is suggesting that it is even possible to top your abuela’s ajiaco, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying

15 Wooden Spoons

Wooden Spoon Belatina Kitchen

When I got married fifteen years ago, one of my dearest friends traveled from Colombia for the party and brought me a gift from home, which I’ve used daily and still have: a set of wooden spoons. Folk tales have it that milk will curdle before becoming arequipe (dulce de leche) unless it’s stirred with a wooden spoon. The best material to rub up against stainless steel, non-stick, cast iron, and copper pans, a wooden spoon is like a cross between a rubber spatula and a metal tool, strong but flexible. Great for beating, stirring, scraping up bits, and especially for tasting, run out now and get a handful. For peanuts a pop, this is an investment you can’t afford not to make.

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