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Definition of Spoonfuls
1. spoonful [n] - See also: spoonful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoonfuls
Literary usage of Spoonfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"Beat the white of 1 egg to a stiff froth, and stir in pulverized sugar, 7
tea-spoonfuls. Flavor with extract of lemon, or vanilla. ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"1 ), melt it by a gentle heat, and then stir into it three table- spoonfuls of
fine plaster of Paris ; when the mixture is completed, pour it out on the ..."
3. Therapeutic Gazette (1894)
"The first week only two spoonfuls of the wine were allowed, and during the second
week two spoonfuls of wine and two of the pills, to make up 4 spoonfuls of ..."
4. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"Chop very fine an ounce of onion and half an ounce of green sage leaves; put them
into a etew- pan with four spoonfuls of water ; simmer gently for ten ..."
5. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"... cream with two spoonfuls of flour and two pinches of sugar. Reduce this quickly,
but always taking care that it does not catch the pan and lose colour. ..."
6. Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every by Elisabeth Luther Cary, Annie Maria Jones (1904)
"After about six minutes turn the milk over by spoonfuls, to heat it all equally.
... A few spoonfuls of cream improves it. MARCH STH "Thy child as surely ..."
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