Talk:Whisk

History of the whisk
Could anyone write about the history of the whisk? (How long have cooks been whisking? How long have whisks been made of steel?)  Any historical info would round out the article quite well.140.107.63.220 21:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The wooden spoon, for example, has a nice discussion of its history.140.107.63.220 20:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Reverted multiple changes made by Hede2000.

Commercial link to whisk.biz removed. If this is a major company, it deserves its own article and presence on the disambiguation page. As it has nothing to do with the cooking utensil, it certainly does not belong here.

Ball whisks are not balloon whisks. The paragraph describing ball whisks, with their noncrossing wires and actual physical balls is not describing a balloon whisk. If there is any confusion, compare a ball whisk (http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--36155/ball-whisk.asp) to the French (top) and balloon (middle, bottom) whisks in the photograph in this entry. Added clarification that ball whisks have no loops whatsoever. In clarifying the usage of the ball whisk, I realized that the other shapes had no explanations of their uses in various preparations. Added that information and formatted it in a list. Clarified that rotary whisks are mechanical devices and cleaned up improper capitalization.

Removed redundant "or whisk UK" phrase as the usage of the verbs whisk and whip are already clarified in the first paragraph. If this was not redundant, please clarify here and perhaps a better phrasing can be reached.

Identified whisks in caption.

Unfortunately I have no easily citable sources and cannot improve the article in that respect. For example, Good Eats season 3 episode 3 "Egg Files II" includes a brief overview of the types of whisks but is certainly not a thorough or rigourous review of the topic. Tofof 11:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

piano whisk
Does a piano whisk fit into any of the categories? 71.129.48.85 (talk) 04:50, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

False info
There appears to be a bit of false info in the article. Under "history", it lists this info:

"The wire whisk was invented in the 19th century by physicist, Arianna Kalkandis."

Although I don't doubt the wire whisk was invented in the 19th century, the name attribution looks spurious. The reference given is:

see for example P. Masters, The Young Cook's Assistant and Housekeeper's Guide, London, 1841, p. 222

and this is available online at this location. Looking at the reference shows no correspondence with the claim made. Unless an alternate source can be provided, I suggest that the name attribution and the reference be removed. Peterravn (talk) 20:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is obvious nonsense and source falsification that was added by a single-edit anon after the original text and source reference. For things like this, you should go right ahead and correct the article rather than discuss in Talk. Just include an edit summary along the lines of "Source does not confirm this story" even if you don't want to use revision history source to track down the source to be sure. --Macrakis (talk) 23:32, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

balloon whisk?
There is a image depicting 1 French whisk and 2 balloon whisks, but yet balloon whisks are not mentioned in the article body. -- wintonian  talk  05:21, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Whisks that are used to scare Daniel Howell(?)
This needs some explanation or to be deletedSierrafrogs (talk) 23:41, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
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Physics of whisking
I would like to see a brief description of what is happening at the microscopic level, perhaps something like this. Viriditas (talk) 19:51, 24 February 2024 (UTC)