Creaming spoon. Triangular spoon (“gavan”); flat handle shaped like a drawn out triangle. (Maple wood). Length 285mm.
A creaming spoon from the Romanian village of Straja, made of wood. It may have been used to skim cream off the same milk from which cheese was made, reminding us that, while cheese is an excellent source of animal fat in a more durable and transportable form than liquid milk, its production has been secondary to the making of butter in many places and times.
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