Adessert spoon is a spoon designed specifically for eatingdessert. Similar in size to asoup spoon (intermediate between ateaspoon and atablespoon) 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 acooking measure ofvolume, usually of 10 millilitres (mL),1⁄3US fl oz, or1⁄4imp 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.[1]
In most traditionaltable 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.[2]
As a unit ofculinary measure, in the United States, a leveldessert 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).
| 1 US customary dessert spoon | = | 22/3 | US customary fluid drams |
| = | 1/3 | US customary fluid ounce | |
| = | 2/3 | US customary tablespoons | |
| = | 2 | US customary teaspoons | |
| = | 4 | US customary coffee spoons | |
| = | 8 | US customary salt spoons | |
| = | 16 | US customary dashes (solids only) | |
| = | 32 | US customary pinches (solids only) | |
| = | 64 | US customary smidgens (solids only) | |
| = | 192 | US customary drops (liquids only) | |
| ≈ | 2·78 | British imperial fluid drachms | |
| ≈ | 0·35 | British imperial fluid ounce | |
| ≈ | 0·69 | UK tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 1·39 | UK dessert spoons | |
| ≈ | 2·78 | UK teaspoons | |
| ≈ | 5·55 | UK salt spoons | |
| ≈ | 11·1 | UK pinches (solid only) | |
| ≈ | 166·53 | UK drops (liquids only) | |
| ≈ | 9·86 | millilitres | |
| ≈ | 0·66 | international metric tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 0·49 | Australian metric tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 0·99 | metric dessert spoon | |
| ≈ | 1·97 | metric teaspoons |
In the United Kingdom, adessert spoon is traditionally 2British imperial fluid drachms[3] (1/4 of a British imperial fluid ounce). 1 UK dessert spoon is the equivalence of1/2UK tablespoon, 2UK teaspoons, or 4UK salt spoons.
| 1 UK dessert spoon | = | 2 | British imperial fluid drachms |
| = | 1/2 | UK tablespoon | |
| = | 2 | UK teaspoons | |
| = | 4 | UK salt spoons | |
| = | 8 | UK pinches (solids only) | |
| = | 120 | UK drops (liquids only) | |
| = | 1/4 | British imperial fluid ounce | |
| ≈ | 1·92 | US customary fluid drams | |
| ≈ | 0·24 | US customary fluid ounce | |
| ≈ | 0·48 | US customary tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 0·72 | US customary dessert spoon | |
| ≈ | 1·44 | US customary teaspoons | |
| ≈ | 2·88 | US customary coffee spoons | |
| ≈ | 5·76 | US customary salt spoons | |
| ≈ | 11·53 | US customary dashes (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 23·06 | US customary pinches (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 46·12 | US customary smidgens (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 138·35 | US customary drops (liquids only) | |
| ≈ | 7·10 | millilitres | |
| ≈ | 0·47 | international metric tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 0·36 | Australian metric tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 0·71 | metric dessert spoon | |
| ≈ | 1·42 | metric teaspoons |
A metricdessert spoon is 10mL, the equivalence of 2 metric teaspoons.
| 1 metric dessert spoon | = | 10 | mL |
| = | 2/3 | international metric tablespoon | |
| = | 1/2 | Australian metric tablespoon | |
| = | 2 | metric teaspoons | |
| ≈ | 2·81 | British imperial fluid drachms | |
| ≈ | 0·35 | British imperial fluid ounce | |
| ≈ | 0·7 | UK tablespoon | |
| ≈ | 1·41 | UK dessert spoons | |
| ≈ | 2·81 | UK teaspoons | |
| ≈ | 5·63 | UK salt spoons | |
| ≈ | 11·26 | UK pinches (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 168·94 | UK drops (liquids only) | |
| ≈ | 2·71 | US customary fluid drams | |
| ≈ | 0·34 | US customary fluid ounce | |
| ≈ | 0·68 | US customary tablespoons | |
| ≈ | 1·01 | US customary dessert spoons | |
| ≈ | 2·03 | US customary teaspoons | |
| ≈ | 4·06 | US customary coffee spoons | |
| ≈ | 8·12 | US customary salt spoons | |
| ≈ | 16·23 | US customary dashes (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 32·46 | US customary pinches (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 64·92 | US customary smidgens (solids only) | |
| ≈ | 194·77 | US customary drops (liquids only) |
As a unit ofApothecary measure, the dessert-spoon was an unofficial but widely used unit of fluid measure equal to two fluid drams, or1/4fluid ounce.[4] 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."[5]
In the United States and pre-1824 England, the fluid ounce was1/128 of a Queen Anne wine gallon (which was defined as exactly 231cubic inches) thus making the dessert-spoon approximately7.39 ml. The post-1824 (British) imperial Apothecaries' dessert-spoon was also1/4 fluid ounce, but the ounce in question was1/160 of an imperial gallon, approximately 277.4 cubic inches, yielding a dessert-spoon of approximately7.10 ml.[6]
In both the British and American variants of the Apothecaries' system, two tea-spoons make a dessert-spoon, while two dessert-spoons make a table-spoon. In pharmaceutical Latin, the Apothecaries' dessert-spoon is known ascochleare medium, abbreviated ascochl. med. or less frequentlycoch. med., as opposed to the tea-spoon (cochleare minus orminimum) and table-spoon (cochleare magis ormagnum).[7]
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