servingspoonful

plural servingspoonfuls · plural servingspoonsful

1. rareRare form of serving spoonful.

   Put 1 large servingspoonful of the batter into the pan; […]

   1955, René Black, The René Black Cookbook: Cuisine Versus Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →LCCN, page 162

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   Divide into heaping servingspoonfuls and mold into the desired shape. […] Mix with the rice and egg and form into patties, using a heaping servingspoonful for each.

   1946, Gayelord Hauser, The Gayelord Hauser Cook Book: Good Food, Good Health, Good Looks, New York, N.Y.: Capricorn Books, published 1963, pages 130 and 177

   Mix with the rice and egg and form into patties, using a heaping servingspoonful for each.

   1955 April 26, “Rice Favored In Hamburgers”, in Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, volume 56, number 84, Pittsburgh, Pa., page 21, column 3

   One servingspoonful of spaetzle is like the opening measures of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Any man who walks out early on either proves he doesn’t understand the genre—and he misses the repose of the end.

   1969, Robert Farrar Capon, “And She Took Flour . . .”, in The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 114

   Drop by servingspoonsful into skillet and fry in oil, turning once.

   1976 August 8, “Sing along to a vegetable medley!”, in The Argus, 125th year, number 268, Rock Island, Ill., page 18, column 1

   Transfer the dough to a pastry sleeve fitted with a ¾-inch round tip, and squeeze out approximately 8 mounds, about 3 inches in diameter; or form mounds with heaping servingspoonfuls of dough.

   1986, Malabar Hornblower, Do-Ahead Dining: Cooking for Company with Do-Ahead Recipes and Menus, Chester, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 299