The equivalent of a tablespoon?

la_farfallina

I don't own any tablespoons but have several recipes where tablespoon measures are used. I don't even know where to buy them from.
Does anyone know how many dessert spoons are in a table spoon?

I hope I am making sense!

Farf x

clutterydrawer

a tablespoons is three teaspoons, or 15ml.

Get some measuring spoons from tescos, wilkinsons or in fact pretty much anywhere.

thriftlady_2

My set of measuring spoons say that the dessert spoons are 10ml -so two thirds of a 15 ml tablespoon.

If a recipe calls for 2 tbsp (30 ml) you need 3 dessert spoons.

bumblebee87_2

use a teaspoon instead, one tablespoon is 3 teaspoons

SailorSam

Many years ago, when i first left home, i'd never lifted a finger and knew how to do nothing. I enrolled in an evening class for Chinese cookery. This little Chinese man was showing us how to make things but not telling us how much of what to put in.
After all looking at each other one woman finally said 'how much', he held his hands in front of him, like a cup, and said 'so much'..
Spoons, who needs spoons.......just poor some in

Skint_Catt

I've always been told (by Mum who's done the same for 50+ years) a tablespoon is two dessertspoons and thats what I've always used - nothings even tasted bad because of it (seems its too much)

oystercatcher

I'm sure I remember being taught in Home Economics by 'Miss Smith' that a teaspoon was 5ml dessertspoon 10 ml and tablespoon 20ml so 4 teaspoons to a tablespoon. However the measuring spoons in my drawer say 15ml for a tablespoon. Did they get metricated I wonder?

In my cutlery draw I have various sized teaspoons, haven't measured them all but they are vastly different. I always use the biggest heaped teaspoon to make my coffee with. My mother uses a tiny little teaspoon and makes vile anaemic coffee but her argument is that it's a teaspoon!

MSE answer has to be the 15ml tablespoon as it will make whatever it is last longer :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oystercatcher
(supposed to be studying)

kippers

Skint_Catt wrote: »

I've always been told (by Mum who's done the same for 50+ years) a tablespoon is two dessertspoons and thats what I've always used - nothings even tasted bad because of it (seems its too much)

I always thought the same thing...so i've just been in my kitchen to test it and yes...two dessertspoons are definately the same as one tablespoon.

:T :T :T