Stop Pots from Boiling Over

Wooden spoon will prevent pot from boiling over.

Mom isn’t in my kitchen very often. We live 5,000 km apart. But when she is I always learn something.

During a visit over Thanksgiving weekend, she shared this practical tip.

As I put a pot of potatoes on the stove, she put a wooden spoon across the top and tilted the lid over it.

“It will keep the pot from boiling over,” she said.

Sure enough. It worked!

Wooden spoon will prevent pot from boiling over.
A wooden spoon across the top of a pot will keep it from boiling over. Julia Stewart photo.

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1 thought on “Stop Pots from Boiling Over

  1. Iris says:

    I only discovered this in the last 18 mths or so and it works every single time…Bless who ever found this out how ever many eons ago…

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