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dessertspoonful

NOUN
  1. as much as a dessert spoon will hold

How To Use dessertspoonful In A Sentence

  • The captive had broken off the stalagmite, and upon the stump had placed a stone, wherein he had scooped a shallow hollow to catch the precious drop that fell once in every three minutes with the dreary regularity of a clock-tick — a dessertspoonful once in four and twenty hours. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Scatter half a chopped onion, half a garlic clove, and 2 dessertspoonfuls of salt over meat.
  • Drop a scant dessertspoonful of the mixture on to lightly oiled oven trays, leaving room for spreading.
  • If corned, no salt is required; but if fresh ones are used, put in a dessertspoonful of salt. The Art of Living in Australia
  • Remove the marrow from the bones, and cut the meat into small pieces; put all together into a stock pot or digester, cover well with cold water, and bring it to the boil; add a dessertspoonful of salt; this will throw up the scum, which must be carefully removed. The Art of Living in Australia
  • Scatter half a chopped onion, half a garlic clove, and 2 dessertspoonfuls of salt over meat.
  • Put into a saucepan with two spoons of butter, dredge in a dessertspoonful of flour and add a saltspoon of salt and a quarter of a pint of milk. Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs
  • Heat over a fairly high heat and drop a dessertspoonful of the fritter mixture into the pan. The Sun
  • Marinade for the salmon: a dessertspoonful of seed mustard, the juice of a good-sized orange, a generous splash of tamari, a teaspoonful of honey and a couple of drops of sesame oil. Archive 2005-06-01
  • Add a generous dessertspoonful of tomato paste and a large can of chopped tomatoes or a jar of passata. What I cooked last night.
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