Cupcake? Heresy? Pony? 4 stacks of plexi?
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Not true. Teaspoon is a regular table spoon.
Iced tea spoon is the long handle.
I don't make the rules, I just play by em.
You go to any restaurant supply (or even Amazon) and order teaspoons, you'll be disappointed.
....but you are right about fewer and fewer places rolling either these days in their set ups.
I don't get it either.
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For the life of me, I can’t remember if you use teaspoons in your place or not.
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tablespoon is the big one.
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Of course, most people don't have as much square footage to cover as you do.
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I was hooked on iced Earl Grey one summer.
Took a whizz one evening; it was tinged red.
Thought I was going to meet my maker.
No lie... there was mild panic.
Took a whizz one evening; it was tinged red.
Thought I was going to meet my maker.
No lie... there was mild panic.
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Only thing I see wrong with that is it looks a little weak... oh, and get that piece of lemon far away from my table. I don't want any HINT of lemon flavor in my tea.OK, I’m gonna need some help from @Pop1655 on this one.
Does anyone, anywhere, know how to serve iced tea anymore?
How about you, @edro, there in Alabama?
I left Texas for Arizona at the turn of the century. Spent 15 years out there.
One of the things that I laughed at was never getting a teaspoon with my iced tea.
OK, I don’t add sugar to cold tea.
It will never dissolve, no matter how much you thrash it with a teaspoon.
If it’s not sweetened when it gets to the table, I’m happy to squeeze a bit of a lemon wedge in it and go from there.
Still, it would be nice to have a teaspoon.
In Arizona, when I asked for a teaspoon, I would get a quizzical look from the waitstaff.
They would return to the table with a furrowed brow, and hand me a regular old tablespoon.
Which isn’t long enough.
What is the very definition of a teaspoon?
That long handle.
OK, I guess I will use my tea fork to stir my drink. Or maybe my tea knife.
Thank you.
I used to joke and tell people if you pull this shit in Texas, the locals would shut you down.
I’m talking torches, pitchforks, and ropes in your parking lot.
Iced tea is a big dang deal.
I moved back to Texas in 2017.
And one of the first things I noticed… even at Cracker Barrel of all places … no one gets a teaspoon anymore.
Then Covid hit.
Everyone lost their damned minds.
I think I can count the times I’ve seen a teaspoon in a restaurant in Texas over the last eight years on my fingers.
Since the ghost of Wilford Brimley haunts me, I’ve all but eliminated my consumption of Coca-Cola.
Now I drink ice water, or sometimes unsweetened tea.
I went into town to eat at a great independent Mexican restaurant.
Decided to get iced tea.
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WTF am I gonna do with a lemon slice?
This is why lemons are cut into WEDGES.
So you can squeeze them.
Looks like I’ll be using my tea fork.
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I've never had a need for a tea spoon.
Gotta' be careful at Mexican places... order iced tea and you might get some fruity thing that is sweeter than maple syrup.
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Oh, I understand the differences in measurement. The only distinction I make, in general usage, is one spoon has a long handle and the other one doesn’t.
One is for tea, the other is not.
It never occurred to me that any of them would be exact in their liquid capacity.
Frankly, I doubt they are.
A spoon is a spoon.
Especially nowadays.
If I’m not at work, I’m in shorts and a T-shirt 365 days a year.
@Pop1655 probably still has that vile picture of us together in his fine dining establishment.
I was in my standard civilian uniform.
One is for tea, the other is not.
It never occurred to me that any of them would be exact in their liquid capacity.
Frankly, I doubt they are.
A spoon is a spoon.
Especially nowadays.
I never wear jeans unless I absolutely have to.To wipe your mouth.
Hands?
You're not wearing jeans?
If I’m not at work, I’m in shorts and a T-shirt 365 days a year.
@Pop1655 probably still has that vile picture of us together in his fine dining establishment.
I was in my standard civilian uniform.
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Note also that different countries have different measurements…
1x teaspoon here in the mythical land is 5 ml, with 4 x teaspoons to the tablespoon. Because so many people here drink tea, a teaspoon is a short handled spoon for use in a regular tea cup. We would call a long handled teaspoon a sundae spoon.
Because our tablespoons are bigger we have the intermediary dessert spoon, which is 10 ml.
Tablespoons are only ever used in cooking or serving food and don’t otherwise have a place at the table.
A soup spoon is a round shaped dessert spoon.
Cheers.
1x teaspoon here in the mythical land is 5 ml, with 4 x teaspoons to the tablespoon. Because so many people here drink tea, a teaspoon is a short handled spoon for use in a regular tea cup. We would call a long handled teaspoon a sundae spoon.
Because our tablespoons are bigger we have the intermediary dessert spoon, which is 10 ml.
Tablespoons are only ever used in cooking or serving food and don’t otherwise have a place at the table.
A soup spoon is a round shaped dessert spoon.
Cheers.
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Maybe I should try that angle next time.
By now, I’m well accustomed to waitresses looking at me like I’m crazy.
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