Hand Made Wooden Spatulas
made from 500 year old trees cut in a Nova
Scotia Acadian settlement in 1680
Wood carver Barry Brown hand carving spatulas
in the Nova Scotia woods
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This product is produced in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia
SORRY...THIS ITEM IS DISCONTINUED!
WOOD IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
These spatulas represent a unique,
historic and tangible link to the Acadian past
Before and after! The "raw", natural wood as discovered, and
the finished spatula.
This is
REAL history, verified by archaeologists at the Nova Scotia museum.
These spatulas are hand crafted by Barry Brown from Grand Pre, Nova
Scotia. They are made from a very limited supply of 700 year old Virgin
White Pine that was used by the Acadian people over 300 years ago. Around
the year 1680, a large pine log was cut and hollowed out with an adze and
used as a drainage trough in one of the dykes in the Acadian community of
Grand Pre', Nova Scotia. This log was recently unearthed during dyke
repair work and a section was salvaged by a local antique tool collector.
After lying for three hundred years in the red dyke mud of Grand Pre, the
pigment in the mud dyed the wood a beautiful reddish brown color. The raw
wood is charred. After the drainage log was hollowed out, a fire was built
in the trough to char the wood and thus help preserve it.
The wood is very resistant to staining, is tough, extremely lightweight
and best of all, the grain does not rise after immersion in water. No
stains were left after being tested with spaghetti and curry sauces.
These spatulas are made as collectible mementos of the Acadian heritage
but can be used in the kitchen. Only an axe, drawknife and crooked knife
are used in this work. They are entirely hand made. Spatulas are finished
with a non-toxic Walnut oil. This wood is the only surviving remnant of
this historically important wood available today and represents an
important link to the heritage of Nova Scotia's Acadian people.
The log these spatulas are made from was discovered on private land
near the Acadian settlement of Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. Grand Pre was made
famous through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Evangeline"
that tells of the deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia.
Each spatula has the makers mark and "Grand Pre, Nova Scotia"
engraved in the handle. These make great gifts and stocking stuffers
When I stir my gumbo with one of these spatulas,
I feel like I'm stirring in 300 years of Cajun history. I'm sure it's my
imagination, but I could swear my gumbo, jambalaya and other Cajun dishes
taste better then they ever have. I'm not superstitious, but could the
blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors be in this spatula and influencing
my cooking? Naaa!
(Bert Frilot - (Previous) Owner, Pure Cajun Products)
(Quoted by late father)
Lisa Frilot Kramer - Owner, Pure Cajun Products)
Spatulas are completely hand carved. No
"pattern" is used and each spatula is unique. Size will range
from around 12 inches to about 18 inches depending upon the condition and
size of the original raw wood .
Item # 36-101
 Another
site of interest:
Check out spoonlady.com for
other types of hand carved spoons & wood types.
Pure Cajun Products
1103 Taylor Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70062
U.S.A.
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in your order toll free: (800)376-1039
(See hours of operation on Pure Cajun Products
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