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Dessert spoon
A dessert spoon is a spoon designed specifically for eating dessert. Similar in size to a soup spoon (intermediate between a teaspoon and a tablespoon) but with an oval rather than round bowl, it typically has a capacity around twice that of a teaspoon.
By extension, the term "dessert spoon" is used as a cooking measure of volume, usually of 10 millilitres (mL), 1⁄3 US fl oz, or 1⁄4 imp fl oz.
The use of dessert spoons around the world varies massively; in some areas they are very common, while in other places the use of the dessert spoon is almost unheard of—with diners using forks or teaspoons for their desserts as a default.
In most traditional table settings, the dessert spoon is placed above the plate or bowl, separated from the rest of the cutlery, or it may simply be brought in with the dessert.
As a unit of culinary measure, in the United States, a level dessert spoon (dsp., dspn. or dstspn.) equals 2 US customary teaspoons, which is 22/3 US customary fluid drams (1/3 of a US customary fluid ounce).
In the United Kingdom, a dessert spoon is traditionally 2 British imperial fluid drachms (1/4 of a British imperial fluid ounce). 1 UK dessert spoon is the equivalence of 1/2 UK tablespoon, 2 UK teaspoons, or 4 UK salt spoons.
A metric dessert spoon is 10mL, the equivalence of 2 metric teaspoons.
As a unit of Apothecary measure, the dessert-spoon was an unofficial but widely used unit of fluid measure equal to two fluid drams, or 1/4 fluid ounce. However, even when approximated, its use was discouraged: "Inasmuch as spoons vary greatly in capacity, and from their form are unfit for use in the dosage of medicine, it is desirable... to be measured with a suitable medicine measure."
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Dessert spoon
A dessert spoon is a spoon designed specifically for eating dessert. Similar in size to a soup spoon (intermediate between a teaspoon and a tablespoon) but with an oval rather than round bowl, it typically has a capacity around twice that of a teaspoon.
By extension, the term "dessert spoon" is used as a cooking measure of volume, usually of 10 millilitres (mL), 1⁄3 US fl oz, or 1⁄4 imp fl oz.
The use of dessert spoons around the world varies massively; in some areas they are very common, while in other places the use of the dessert spoon is almost unheard of—with diners using forks or teaspoons for their desserts as a default.
In most traditional table settings, the dessert spoon is placed above the plate or bowl, separated from the rest of the cutlery, or it may simply be brought in with the dessert.
As a unit of culinary measure, in the United States, a level dessert spoon (dsp., dspn. or dstspn.) equals 2 US customary teaspoons, which is 22/3 US customary fluid drams (1/3 of a US customary fluid ounce).
In the United Kingdom, a dessert spoon is traditionally 2 British imperial fluid drachms (1/4 of a British imperial fluid ounce). 1 UK dessert spoon is the equivalence of 1/2 UK tablespoon, 2 UK teaspoons, or 4 UK salt spoons.
A metric dessert spoon is 10mL, the equivalence of 2 metric teaspoons.
As a unit of Apothecary measure, the dessert-spoon was an unofficial but widely used unit of fluid measure equal to two fluid drams, or 1/4 fluid ounce. However, even when approximated, its use was discouraged: "Inasmuch as spoons vary greatly in capacity, and from their form are unfit for use in the dosage of medicine, it is desirable... to be measured with a suitable medicine measure."