Topic: Measuring Spoons

[Malc.]

I would really like a long handled basting spoon with a half size bowl, about 15/20ml.

Hi Chewy,

I mostly cook with a regular tablespoon and would be most interested to find some that have a longer than normal handle, only to stop them falling in the pan!  : If you do find a spoon to your description i'd love to know about it.

Cheers,

Malc.

[natterjak]

just checked and all three of my chef's spoons are 2 tbs capacity! Spoon measures are a bit of a minefeld tbh, apart from variations in chef's spoon sizes, I'm convinced many people muddle up level and rounded spoonfuls.

[Peripatetic Phil]

I'm convinced many people muddle up level and rounded spoonfuls.

I can't see how they can muddle them up, to be honest, but I am sure there are many recipes where the prose is just too vague to be certain what the author meant.  Strictly speaking, one teaspoonful is one /level/ teaspoonful, but I never use level measures : all mine are rounded, but I try to remember to gloss that when I am writing them up for others (cf. http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8683.msg77170, where I write "all meaures are rounded").

** Phil.