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3:02it is most commonly abbreviated, TBSP period. And occasionally referred to as a table spoonful to distinguish it from the utensil. The unit of measurement varies by region. A United States liquid table spoon is approximately 14.8 milliliters. Exactly one half U.S. fluid ounce. About 0.52 Imperial fluid ounces. Historically, a British table spoon was approximately 14.2 milliliters. Exactly one half Imperial fluid ounce. About 0.48 U.S. fluid ounces. But laterally, a standard British table spoon is the same size

4:02as an international metric table spoon. An international metric table spoon is exactly 15 milliliters. About 0.53 Imperial fluid ounces. Or 0.51 U.S. fluid ounces. An Australian metric table spoon is 20 milliliters. About 0.7 Imperial fluid ounces. 4.68 U.S. fluid ounces. The capacity of the utensil as opposed to the measurement is designed by neither law nor custom, but only by preferences, and may or may not significantly approximate the measurement. Before about 1700, it was customary for Europeans

5:04to bring their own spoons to the table. Spoons were carried as personal property, in much the same way as people today carry wallets, key rings, etc. From about 1700, the place setting became popular, and with it the table spoon, table fork, and table knife. Around the same time, the tea spoon and dessert spoon first appeared. The table spoon was reserved for eating soup. The 18th century witnessed a proliferation of different sorts of spoons, including the mustard spoon, salt spoon, coffee spoon, and soup spoon. In the late 19th century UK, the dessert spoon and soup spoon began

6:10to displace the table spoon as a primary implement for eating from a bowl. At which point, the name table spoon took on a secondary meaning as a much larger serving spoon. In 1928, when the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published, table spoon, which by then was no longer hyphenated, still had two definitions in the UK, the original definition eating spoon, and the new definition serving spoon. Victorian and Edwardian era table spoons used in the UK are often 25 milliliters, about 0.88 Imperial fluid ounces, or 0.85 U.S. fluid ounces, or sometimes larger.

7:13They are used only for preparing and serving food, not as part of a place setting. Common table spoons intended for use as calorie, called dessert spoons in the UK, where a table spoon is always a serving spoon, usually holds 7 to 14 milliliters, about 0.25 to 0.49 Imperial fluid ounces, or 0.24 to 0.47 U.S. fluid ounces, considerably less than some table spoons used for serving. In recipes, an abbreviation like TBSP period, is usually used to refer to a table spoon, a differentiated from the smaller teaspoon, TSP period.

8:15Some authors capitalize the abbreviation as capital TBSP period, while leaving TSP period in lowercase. To emphasize, it's a larger table spoon rather than the smaller teaspoon is wanted. The table spoon abbreviation is sometimes abbreviated to capital TBSP period, or TBSP period. In most places, 1 table spoon equals 3 teaspoons. In Australia, 1 table spoon equals 4 teaspoons. An international metric table spoon is exactly equal to 15 milliliters, or 3 metric teaspoons, or roughly 4.22 British Imperial fluid RAM, roughly 0.53 British Imperial fluid ounces,

9:23roughly 1.06 UK table spoons, roughly 2.11 UK dessert spoons, also roughly 4.22 UK tea spoons, or roughly 8.45 UK salt spoons, also roughly 16.89 UK pinches, solids only, or roughly 253.41 UK drops, liquids only. Also, roughly equal to 4.06 US customary fluid drums, roughly 0.51 US customary fluid ounces, roughly equal to 1.01 US customary table spoons,

10:23approximately 1.52 US customary dessert spoons, or approximately 3.04 US customary tea spoons, also approximately 6.09 US customary coffee spoons, roughly 12.17 US customary salt spoons, approximately 24.35 US customary dashes, solids only, approximately 48.69 US customary pinches, solids only, roughly equal to 97.39 US customary smidgins, solids only, and approximately 292.16 US customary drops, liquid only.

11:28The Australian metric table spoon is different from that of the rest of the world. The Australian official definition of the table spoon as a unit of volume is, 1 Australian metric table spoon equals 20 milliliters, or 2 metric dessert spoons, 1 metric dessert spoon equals 10 milliliters each. It also equals 4 metric tea spoons, 1 metric tea spoon equals 5 milliliters each. It's roughly 5.63 British Imperial fluid drums, roughly 0.7 British Imperial fluid ounces, and approximately 1.41 US table spoons. It's roughly 2.82 UK dessert spoons,

12:284.12 UK tea spoons, 11.26 UK salt spoons, 22.52 UK pinches, solids only, it's roughly 337.87 UK drops, liquids only, 5.41 US customary fluid drums, 0.6 US customary fluid ounces, approximately 1.35 US customary table spoons, 2.03 US customary dessert spoons, roughly 4.06 US customary tea spoons, 4.06 US customary coffee spoons, approximately 16.23 US customary salt spoons,

13:2932.46 US customary dashes, solids only, roughly 64.92 US customary pinches, solids only, 129.85 US customary smidgins, solids only, and roughly 389.5 US customary drops, liquids only. This definition was promulgated by the metric conversion board in the 1970s, as part of the country's metrication process. There's not a distinct Australian metric dessert spoon or metric tea spoon. In the UK, one table spoon is traditionally for British imperial fluid drums. It's also two UK dessert spoons for UK tea spoons,

14:358 UK salt spoons, 16 UK pinches, solids only, 240 UK drops, liquids only, 0.48 US customary fluid ounces, 0.96 US customary table spoon, 1.44 US customary dessert spoons, 2.88 US customary tea spoons, 5.76 US customary coffee spoons, 11.53 US customary salt spoons, 23.06 US customary dashes, solid only, 46.12 US customary pinches, solids only,

15:3592.23 US customary smidgins, solids only, 276.70 US customary drops, liquids only, 14.207 milliliters, 0.95 International metric table spoons, 0.71 Australian metric table spoons, 1.42 metric dessert spoons, and 2.84 metric tea spoons. The traditional US interpretation of the table spoon as a unit of volume is 1 US customary table spoon equals 4 US fluid drums, 3 US customary tea spoons, 6 US customary coffee spoons,

16:3812 US customary salt spoons, 24 US customary dashes, solids only, 48 US customary pinches, solids only, 96 US customary smidgins, solids only, 288 US customary drops, liquids only, 0.52 British Imperial fluid ounces, 1.04 UK table spoons, 2.08 UK dessert spoons, 4.16 UK tea spoons, 8.33 UK salt spoons, 16.65 UK pinches, solids only, 249.8 UK drops, liquids only, 14.8 milliliters,

17:420.99 International metric table spoons, 0.74 Australian metric table spoons, 1.48 metric dessert spoons, and roughly 2.96 metric tea spoons. In nutrition labeling in the US, a table spoon is defined as 15 milliliters, about 4.22 British Imperial fluid drums, 0.53 British Imperial fluid ounces, or 4.06 US customary fluid drums, 0.51 US customary fluid ounces. For dry ingredients, if a recipe calls for a level table spoon, the usual meaning was out further qualification,

18:42is measured by filling the spoon, and scraping at level. In contrast, a heap, keeping or rounded spoonful is not leveled off, and includes a heap above the spoon. The exact volume of a heap table spoon depends somewhat on the shape and curvature of the measuring spoon being used, and largely upon the physical properties of the substance being measured, and so is not a precise unit of measurement. If neither a rounded nor a level table spoon is specified, a level table spoon is used, just as a cup of flour is a level cup, unless otherwise specified. In the 18th century, the table spoon became an unofficial unit

19:43of the apothecary system of measures, equal to 4 drums. It was more commonly known by the Latin name Kokliare Maus, abbreviated COCHL period, MAJ period, or an apothecary's notation, half a fluid ounce. A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl, also known as a head, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery, sometimes called flatware in the United States, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mouth, eating. Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure,

20:45mix, stir and toss ingredients and for serving food. Present-day spoons are made from metal, notably stainless steel, flat silver or silverware, plated or solid, wood, porcelain or plastic. There are many different types of spoons made from different materials by different cultures for different purposes and food. The spoon consists of a bowl and a handle. A handle in the shape of a slender stick is frequently called a stem. The stem can end in a sharp point or be crowned with a knob, a decorative knob. The knob top spoons was a variety of knob shapes

21:45described by colorful terms like acorn, rhizan end, spiral ornament on a ball, maiden head, a bust, diamond point, a puzzle for particularly popular in England in the 14th to 17th centuries. The name spoon came from Old English Spoon, Chip. Preserved examples of various forms of spoons used by the ancient Egyptians include those composed of ivory, flint, slate and wood. Many of them carved with religious symbols. During the Neolithic Oziari civilization in Sardinia, ceramic ladles and spoons were already in use. In Shang Dynasty China, spoons were made of bone.

22:49Early bronze spoons in China were designed with a sharp point and may have also been used as a color. The spoons of the Greeks and Romans were chiefly made of bronze and silver and the handle usually takes the form of a spike or pointed stem. There are many examples in the British Museum from which the forms of the various types can be ascertained. The chief points of difference being found in the junction of the bowl with the handle. The ancient Greeks called the spoon Mustrin. They also used pieces of bread scooped out in the shape of a spoon, which they called Mustile. A 2024 study by archaeologist Ange Kokoski

23:52and biologists from Maria Kiriskodowska University in Lublin, Poland identified 241 small spoon-shaped objects at 116 archaeological sites across Scandinavia, Germany and Poland, dating back to the Roman era. These sites primarily consisted of marshes and graves. The study proposes that these objects often found alongside items associated with warfare and featuring a small disk, 10 to 20 millimeters in diameter, are likely used to administer drugs, especially stimulants before battles. Germanic peoples of the era had access to various substances with potential medicinal or psychoactive properties,

24:56including poppy, ops, hemp, and bane, belladonna, and certain fungi. In the early Muslim world, spoons were used for eating soup. Medieval spoons meant for domestic use were commonly made of cow horn or wood. But brass, pewter, and laden spoons appeared to have been common in about the 15th century. The full descriptions and entries relating to silver spoons in the inventories of the royal and other households point to their special value and rarity. The earliest English reference appears to be in a will in 1259. In the wardrobe accounts of Edward I, for the year 1300,

25:58some gold and silver spoons marked with the flirtly the Paris mark are mentioned. One of the most interesting medieval spoons is the coronation spoon, used in the anointing of the English and later British sovereign. This 12th century object is the oldest surviving item in the British royal regalia. The sets of Apostle spoons, popular as christening presents and tutored times, the handles of which terminate in heads or busts of the Apostles, are a special form to which antiquarian interest attaches. The earlier English spoon handles terminate in an acorn, plain knob or a diamond.

26:59And at the end of the 16th century, the baluster and seal and in becomes common, the bowl being fig shaped. During the restoration, the handle becomes broad and flat. The bowl is broad and oval, and the termination is cut into the shape known as the Heinz foot. In the first quarter of the 18th century, the bowl becomes narrow and elliptical, with a tongue or rat's tail down the back, and the handle is turned up at the end. The modern form was a tip of the bowl narrower than the base, and the rounded end of the handle turned down, came into use about 1760. Spoons are used primarily for eating liquid or semi-liquid foods, such as soup, stew or ice cream,

28:07and very small or powdery solid items, which cannot be easily lifted from a fork, such as rice, sugars, cereals and green peas. In Southeast Asia, spoons are the primary utensil used for eating. Forks are used to push foods, such as rice onto the spoon, as well as their western usage for piercing the food. Spoons are also widely used in cooking and serving. In baking, batter is usually thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon. A mixture of such consistency is sometimes called drop batter. Roll dough dropped from a spoon to a cookie sheet, can be made into rock cakes and other cookies,

29:10while Johnny cake may be prepared by dropping spoon fools of cornmeal under a hot greased grill. A spoon is similarly useful in processing jelly, sugar and syrup. A test sample of jelly taken from a boiling mass may be allowed to slip from a spoon in a sheet, and a step called sheeting. At the crack stage, syrup from boiling sugar may be dripped from a spoon, causing it to break with a snap when chilled. When boiled to 240 degrees Fahrenheit and poured from a spoon, sugar forms a filament or thread. Atsura besed to pearl when it forms such a long thread without breaking when dropped from a spoon.

30:17Used for stirring, a spoon is passed through a substance with a continued circular movement. For the purpose of mixing, blending, dissolving, cooling, or preventing sticking of the ingredients. Mixed drinks may be muddled by working a spoon to crush and mix ingredients, such as mint and sugar on the bottom of a glass or mixer. Spoons are employed for mixing certain kinds of powder into water to make a sweet or nutritious drink. A spoon may also be employed to toss ingredients by mixing them lightly until they are well coated with dressing. For storage, spoons and knives were sometimes placed in paired knife boxes, which were often ornate wooden containers, with sloping tops, used especially during the 18th century.

31:30On the table, an ornamental utensil called a knife shaped like a ship might hold a napkin, knife, and spoon. Spoons are mentioned in the Bible, King James Version. God in the book of Exodus tells Moses to make for tabernacle among other things, spoons of gold. The expression, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, born into privilege, formed due to the medieval custom of gifting a baptismal spoon to a child. Well-to-do families were able to afford spoons made of precious metals. Spoons can be used as a musical instrument. To spoon feed oneself or another, in simply mean to feed by means of a spoon.

32:31Metaphorically, however, it often means to present something to a person or group so thoroughly or wholeheartedly as to preclude the need for independent thought, initiative or self-reliance on the part of the recipient. Or to present information in a slanted version, with the intent to preclude questioning or revision. Someone who accepts passively what has been offered in this way is said to have been spoon fed. A spoonful is the amount of material a spoon contains or can contain. It is used as a standard unit of measure for volume in cooking, where it normally signifies a teaspoonful. It is abbreviated Koch or Kochol from Latin Kochliarum, a small Roman spoon.

33:39Teespoonful is often used in a similar way to describe the dosage for over-the-counter medicines. Desertspoonful and tablespoonful may also be found in drink and food recipes. A teaspoon holds about 5 milliliters and a tablespoon about 15 milliliters. The souvenir spoon generally exists solely as a decorative object, commemorating an event, place, or special date. For machine-made spoons, the basic shape is cut out from a sheet of sterling silver, nickel silver alloy, or stainless steel. The bowl is cross-rolled between two pressurized rollers to produce a thinner section.

34:43The handle section is also rolled to produce the widths required for the top end. The blank is then cropped to the required shape, and two dyes are used to apply the pattern to the blank. The flash is then removed using a linisher, and the bowl is formed between two dyes and bend. To make a spoon the traditional way, by way of hand-forging, a bar of silver is marked up to the correct proportions for the bowl and handle. It is then heated until red hot and held in tongs, and using the hammer and anvil beaten into shape. The tip of the bar is pointed to form the tip of the bowl, then hammered to form the bowl. If a heel is to be added, a section down the center is left thicker.

35:50The edges of the bowl and the tip of the spoon are left thicker, as this is where most of the thickness is needed. The handle is then started and hammered out to length, going from thick at the neck, and gradually tapering down on thickness, giving a balanced feel. During this process the piece becomes very hard and has to be annealed several times, then worked again until the final shape is achieved. The bowl is filed to shape, often using a metal template. The bowl is then formed using a tin cake and spoon steak. The molten tin is poured around the spoon steak and left to harden. The handle is then bent down to 45 degrees, and the spoon is hammered into the tin using the spoon steak and a heavy hammer to form the bowl.

37:01The bend in the handle is then adjusted to match the other spoons in the set, so that it sits correctly on the table. The bowl is then filed level, a process called striking off. The surfaces are filed first with a rough file to remove the fire stain from the surface, then with a smooth file. It is then buffed to remove any file marks and fire stain from inside the bowl and is polished to the desired finish. Both the spork and the spork are derived from the spoon. They combine the bowl of the spoon with the tines of the fork and with both tines and the cutting edge of the knife respectively. The bowl is then formed with a smooth file to remove the fire stain from inside the bowl and is polished to the desired finish.