separate utensils

Individual kitchen tools

Separate utensils refers to the practice of keeping distinct sets of cooking and eating implements for different purposes—most commonly in kosher kitchens, where meat and dairy require their own utensils, or in households where someone has severe food allergies.

The phrase also appears in food safety contexts about avoiding cross-contamination: Use separate utensils for raw and cooked meat.

Related

serving spoon · chopsticks · tongs · spatula · ladle · whisk · food prep · divided · partition · individual · segregate · drawer · kitchen · silverware · cutlery · stainless steel · serving · clean

Opposites
sharing vs individual use

separate utensilspassing dishes

Circulating food at meals

division vs unity of implements

separate utensilsmulti-tool

Portable combined implement set

spork

sharing vs. individual use

separate utensilsserving utensils

Tools for portioning food

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G