The difference between a spoon and a ladle

One, the interpretation of different

1, spoon: "dagger" food utensils. Original meaning: ancient food utensils. Later teaspoons, spoons, that is, from its evolution.

2, spoon: a kind of handle can scoop (yǎo) things.

The difference between big and small

Northern people do not distinguish between spoon and ladle, but in ancient artifacts, bronze, "spoon" is mostly used to scoop wine from a jar, round mouth and curved bottom with a long handle. The size of the larger, such as horse spoon, frying iron pot also called "frying spoon" are large "spoon".

The "spoon" is a smaller version of the ladle, used to ladle soup into the mouth, such as a tablespoon. In ancient times, the "ladle" was also used as a unit of capacity, with 10 ladles = 1 heaping.

Expanded:

The design of a ladle is similar, usually with a long handle and a bowl-shaped head at the end. a bowl-shaped head that is used to transfer liquids from containers such as pots and pans into a bowl. Some spoons have a small bump on the edge to allow for fine control of the flow of soup, but this can be inconvenient for left-handed people, so some spoons are designed with bumps on both sides.

The tablespoon is also used as a measure of volume in cooking. Different countries have different standards for spoons, but they are usually about 15 milliliters. In the United States, a US tablespoon is traditionally equivalent to 0.5 US fluid ounces (14.8 ml), or 3 US teaspoons. U.S. federal law, on the other hand, requires 1 U.S. tablespoon to be equal to 15 milliliters.

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