medieval people mostly used wooden utensils for the most part
chopsticks and wooden spoons
Utensils are items you use in the kitchen for cooking. There are many types of utensils. Examples are wooden spoons, salt and pepper shakers, spatula, knives, and sugar dispensers.
a spoon, knife, and their hands because they did not have forks.
A wooden spoon, somtimes a whisk, or knife, metal spoon, or a fork.
Metal conducts heat. Wood doesn't.
Well, honey, wooden handles on cooking utensils are popular because they don't conduct heat as much as metal handles do. This means you won't burn your hand while stirring your pot of soup like a rookie. Plus, wooden handles give your kitchen that rustic charm that says, "I may burn my food, but at least my utensils look good doing it."
because metal utensils can scratch the pans
It is impossible to determine the age of such a utensil based on the number of tines or the material of the handle. Such utensils were some of the first eating tools made, but are still produced today.
mixing: hand mixer, whisk, fork (eggs), wooden spoon blending: blender cutting: knifes
Turtle shells for bowls, handmade wooden utensils,etc. and carved stone stuff
Restaurants do not use wooden cutting boards as a safety precaution (in fact, the FDA often prohibits the use of wooden boards in food establishments). This is because wood is often ridden with minute scratches and imperfections which can harbor bacteria despite cleaning. The alternative, hard plastic cutting boards, are much safer as they are easier to clean and because contaminants cannot cling to and reside within the plastic surface.