There's so many different implements you can do it properly with.

Now, I know this might be shocking to some of those in our audience, but I am not a fan of wooden cooking implements. I know they can really get things stirred well and proper, but gods forbid you have anything that could slightly dye it. Making tomato soup? RIP your favorite spoon. Just another reason to be anti-tomato.

Besides that! I can never trust that I got the spoon clean enough because putting them through the dishwasher can ruin them, and even then, it's technically a porous material! I need to be confident that something is extra clean. Like, yeah, the dishwasher is no autoclave like my mother would bemoan of it (she'd put one in the house if my dad would let her) but STILL.

I'm usually a silicone and plastics girlie, though I won't hesitate to just lift things with my fingers or the fork I'm gonna use to eat it with. The less dishes, the better in my not-so-humble opinion.

SO YEAH. That's my opinion and anyone who thinks differently can get FORKED! /s

What about y'all? What are your preferred ways to stir pots?