After several experiences of grinding metal spoon shards into my shake by accidentally touching the blades, I've made a rule of NO SPOON in blender while it's running, EVER.

My husband destroyed his blender (we have 2 in the kitchen) last week. He'd rested his spoon on top of the mix, then went to open a new peanut butter jar. When he came back the spoon had sunk into the shake ingredients, so he didn't see it. He started the blender and the spoon blew out of the plastic side into the wall. What a mess, with blueberries and everything.

Good thing we had 2 spare blenders in the basement! House of blenders!

I hope you find a new spoon that you like and have a merry Christmas!

: *getting an extended, close-up look
: at a Wilson's Snipe - what a
: beautiful bird!
: *Cedar Waxwings
: *helping a friend get her tree set up
: and trimmed

: I assemble most of my protein shake
: the night before. I just add the
: protein powder and oats in the
: morning. I put fresh greens in my
: shake. I guess last night I got a
: little carried away, because when
: I tried to blend it this morning,
: the greens stayed in a clump at
: the top and wouldn't blend in. So
: I grabbed a wooden spoon and
: started poking them down into the
: liquid. Unfortunately, I poked
: down too far, there was a horrible
: noise, and my spoon came out of
: the mix with a ragged hole in it.
: I knew there had to be some spiky
: pieces of wood in the shake, so I
: dumped it out and started over.

: I really liked that wooden spoon. But
: what would have been a crisis
: years ago before the program is
: now just one of those things that
: happens sometimes. It's even kind
: of amusing. Also a good reminder
: not to mess with blenders!
: Allison