serving spoonful

noun

The amount that a serving spoon will hold.

Meanings

nounserving spoonful (plural serving spoonfuls or serving spoonsful)

plural serving spoonfuls · plural serving spoonsful · alternative serving-spoonful · alternative servingspoonful

  1. The amount that a serving spoon will hold.

    When very hot, but not smoking, drop serving spoonsful of the batter into the hot oil and flatten to make 4-inch rounds; […]

    1984, Vilma Liacouras Chantiles, The New York Ethnic Food Market Guide & Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →ISBN, page 355
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    Depending on the size of your pan, pour one or several serving spoonsful of batter into the pan and cook until bubbles start breaking on the uncooked side, but the batter is still wet.

    1997, Madeleine Kamman, The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, and Science of Good Cooking, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 1027

    Pour 3–4 serving spoonfuls of dressing over each wedge and garnish with a tablespoon of crumbled blue cheese, or Roquefort if you used it in the salad dressing.

    2017, John Tesar, Jordan Mackay, Knife: Texas Steakhouse Meals at Home, New York, N.Y.: Flatiron Books, →ISBN, page 201

Origin

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Chicago

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