Goldspatz Spaetzle Board & Scraper for Swabian Spaetzle - #2196

Fast delivery, easy to use, worked out great. First time.

Great spaetzle board. Works as expected. Love the hand scraped noodles but if time is short, I still use my press.

I am German and I love Spaetzle, mostly because they are instant gratification. I came across a youtube video of a chubby Austrian women making them and was hooked. I started searching for a suitable board, Amazon had it, including a fairly useless scraper. The board is not so big that you have to get out your largest boiler, it has the perfect bevel on both sides to let scraped off dough slide into the simmering water only to reemerge as fluffy little cloudlike Spaetzle seconds later.I held back on the durability rating because that depends on YOU. If you soak that board in the sink or put it in the dishwasher you will not have it long, wash the dough off, dry it well and let it hang or stand to let remaining moisture escape.

It’s something I feel I can pass down to my daughter.

I've had the board for about a year now. First off, get a nice pastry spatula (or long butterknife) to scrap your spätzle. The scraper included is fine, but not the most efficient tool.The board takes practice to get your technique right, but the spätzle it makes is, for me, perfect. The spätzle should have long noodles and variable sizes, in my opinion. With a little practice, you can shear off noodles nearly as quickly as using a press, which is much larger, harder to clean, and takes up more kitchen space. When I'm done, I wipe down the board and hang it flat against the wall. Easy peasy.I have noticed that the board is starting to warp slightly, but I use it pretty regularly. Wipe down the board with some oil every couple of uses and everything seems to be fine.

For the cook who makes spatzle from scratch, this set is the authentic way to cut the dough into the boiling water. Delivery from Germany was quick.

I purchased this board to replace an older one that had been in the family for years. We had our doubts when we saw that it was not a solid piece of wood. Also, the finish is very rough. We used it to scrape a 5 cup batch of spaetzle on Christmas day and less than halfway through the process the board warped and one of the joints began to separate and warp out of position at the edge. Since it was "authentic" German, I expected more. I will be pursuing a refund - this board is useless.Update: I attempted to get a refund for the purchase - offering to send pictures to verify the problem. The seller wanted the board returned before issuing a refund. It would have cost as much in postage to return the board as it was worth. It is now $20 fireplace kindling! Caveat... be sure of your purchase before buying from an international company.

My Mother has a vintage, possibly antique, spätzle brett or spaetzle board. I've never seen her make spaetzle with it but I was intrigued to learn. I've watched youtube videos and it seemed with practice I could manage. So I went searching for my tools. This set is featured in several of the videos. Mine has some knot holes in it and I don't know how that will effect it's longevity. But it works just fine. The blade scraper it comes with is comfortable, but it required that my hand be over the boiling water as I scraped off the noodles and that was not so comfortable. One video showed a woman using a long handled icing spatula and that is what I will try the next time. The noodles themselves came out pretty good. My Mom made the dough but I did the actual noodles, loading a spoonful on the board, smoothing it out, then scraping the noodles into the boiling water using the scraper. It went fairly quickly and we were happy with the result. A few were really big but for the most part the rest looked just like homemade spaetzle. I'm sure with a little more practice I will get good at this. I will be using an long icing spatula the next time instead of the included blade and see how that goes. I'll also be watching this board for warping or other damage due to the number of small knotholes. I'm not sure of the wood, it could be hardwood, but the wood does not seem like it is of a real high quality. So this rates only average for me. But I am very pleased I was able to get such a specialty ethnic item here in the U.S. through amazon.