Get rid of anything plastic in your kitchen. It melts when it gets hot, and, well... cooking often involves heat! A hot frying pan is an unsuitable location for a plastic spoon or spatula (as I have demonstrated on more than one occasion). Instead use stainless-steel spatulas, wooden spatulas, bamboo spatulas, wooden spoons, stainless-steel spoons, stainless-steel ladles, and glass or metal measuring cups.

Excerpted from Organic Housekeeping by Ellen Sandbeck (Scribner, 2006)