The main reason that metal cooking utensils have wooden handles is to prevent you from burning yourself. Heat is easily transferred in metal. With a wooden handle, you have a very very very low chance of burning yourself. (Unless you touch the metal of course)
medieval people mostly used wooden utensils for the most part
Wooden handles on cooking pots do not get as hot as non-wooden handles, making them easier and safer to pick up and move them around.
Metal conducts heat. Wood doesn't.
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.
Turtle shells for bowls, handmade wooden utensils,etc. and carved stone stuff
because metal utensils can scratch the pans
Beech is a very close-grained hardwood that is used today for furniture, door handles, knife handles and many other uses. I have myself carved spoons from beechwood - it is an easy timber to cut, carve and shape and the wood takes a very good finish with polish or linseed oil. It is prone to cracking if subjected to sideways pressure, but in general use it is a good choice for wooden utensils.
In the U.S.A. it is possible to buy a starter set of cooking utensils at discount stores for around one dollar each. A basic set should include: a spatula, a slotted spoon, a mixing spoon, a wooden spoon on a long handle, a ladle and a whisk.
because it is a conductor
Yes, bacteria can get into the pores of wooden utensils, however, proper washin and drying will help eliminate contamination. Additionally, wooden utensils are less prone to harvest bacteria than other materials such as plastic.
Because wood is a poor conductor of heat and therefore does not get too hot to touch when the pan is being used.
They would have used wooden and iron utensils {spoons, knives}. Cooking pots would have been made of metal of some sort.