Customer Reviews

MIU France Set of 4 Silicone Spatulas, Pastel Colors

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These are a nice, cheap set of spatulas that get the job done. They are listed for $11.99 and i bought them for $8.99 - the price seems to fluctuate.

The silicone spatula part is heat resistant and works beautifully when cooking.

The only drawback is that the handles are not as heat resistant...and that is where the wooden handle would have come in handy. I have a set of williams sonoma ones (wood handle, silicone spatula) and if i rest it against the pan it is fine.

I rested one of these for a sec and the heat began to eat at the plastic...it wasn't an accident -- i am just used to using wooden spoons/spatulas --so it surprised me...but as long as you keep that in mind and keep the spatulas clean - they work great and are a super buy.

The multiple sizes are very handy - the smaller one is great for frosting cupcakes.

Edit: 7/10/06:
i was using one of the spatulas to stir something hot (in a saucepan) and it was only about a minute or two -- and the spatula split in half. yup.

Anyhow - these have not turned out to be so good as far as stirring hot items...but for frosting cupcakes or for batter/cookies (cold/room-temperature items) - they are great.

The color matches but they do not look like the pic shown. They are not 10 inches long. There are 4 spatulas, the small yellow is 9-1/4, the pink and blue are the same size and lenght at 9-1/2, the purple is the largest and it's lenght is 11-1/2 inches. I do not know if they are silicone,feel like the ones I had 40 years ago, nor if they are MIU. They came in a plan plastic bag with only a upc sticker and a sticker that said "made in china". They are Spatulas and work as a Spatula is to work. I cannot put them in the dishwasher because the heads fall off the handle. At this time I do not know if they stain.

This is a nice set of spatulas. It's only after you get them that you realize how useful they are. Here are some of the ways I use them, you can see why I like to have many.

- Yawn. For getting every last drop of batter or anything in a bowl or blender. OK, this is their basic use.

- Stirring a quick-bread mix: muffin, pancake, waffle batter. Stiff enough to stir and soft enough to get every part of the bowl, great for efficient stirring that won't toughen your batter (too much stirring forms gluten...)

- Moving seasoning fats in a pan. Some teflon-safe utensils don't hold up, and even when they do, they don't get pan-floor coverage like these. If have a film of hot oil, and you add some really hot sauce or paste to create a coating for your vegetables or pasta, you have to make sure all the oil gets to all the ingredient. Enter silicone spatulas.

- Neatly taking down a ring-around-the-serving dish, if sauce sloshes on the side and tends to dry to a crust. Also works well in a fondue pot or deep fryer with batter crust on the sides

- Applying gentle pressure to any straining device to get the liquid out without forcing solids through like spoons and harder utensils do

- Dislodging parts of a waffle without damaging the waffle or the teflon on the iron.

- Counter clean-up. Great for moving a small spill, like a squeegee

Now in addition to all this, these particular spatulas have never lost their heads after being in a dishwasher. They do just fine in dishwashers and release everything they've picked up with no additional rinsing (silicone is also very non-stick)

Love the pastel colors and various sizes of the spatulas. There's a size for each cooking need. They are sturdy and stain resistant. They wash great in the dishwasher.

I've had these for about a month now, and they seems to be holding up really well! I use them a lot and they always go in the dishwasher to be cleaned. (Top rack) Good value!! The colors are also the same as photoed.

Super item. Work great in cooking and clean-up of them is easy. They go right in the dishwasher.

These work great to get that extra out of the bowls. I am very particular about my spatulas. I love Pampered Chef items, but do not care for their spatulas. They do not seem to slide very well. The MIU ones slide easily on all surfaces.

I've had these for two months and with appropriate use two have already broken. I'm disappointed with the quality. Maybe they work well for people who only want to use them for occasional baking and things. I use my spatulas frequently for cooking.

I've had these for less than a month, and already two are broken. I was stirring a soupy mixture both times and the head snapped in half on one of the larger ones, and just tonight on the smallest (yellow) one. The heat resistance is a great feature, and when they're working they're very nice, but there's something wrong with the silicone or something. I can't afford to buy these once a month when I don't even do anything taxing with them.

I wanted spatulas with a silicone handle so I could put them in the dishwasher. The ones with wooden handles have to be handwashed, and that can be a pain. These are heat resistant and dishwasher safe, but not at all sturdy. The heads of the spatulas are too soft and bend a little too much, and they also slide off of the handles. If you're mixing a heavy cookie dough, these won't get the job done. They are fine for stirring some veggies in a non-stick skillet or for scraping cake batter out of a mixing bowl, but that's about it.