Q: At a rummage sale, I found two double-ended gizmos I think are measuring spoons, but their markings are not the usual teaspoon/tablespoon measurements, but rather 2.5, 5, 10, and 15. Amazon.com has a number of sets of metric spoons on offer, but all have Imperial equivalents, not just the numbers I see on my new acquisition.
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My guess would be millilitres. I have metric measuring spoons, and the teaspoon is 5 ml, the tablespoon 15 ml. That would mean you have a half-teaspoon measure too!
I'm with @saucefiend. My measuring spoons are in millilitres too.
So you bought half-teaspoon, teaspoon, two teaspoons and tablespoon measures.
Thanks - I thought that's what I might have. Now, to remember what they are for future use...
Yep, another vote for millilitres.
Easy enough to remember 1 tbsp: 15 ml and 1 tsp: 5 mm; the rest are fractions.
Yes, It's millilitres.
A teaspoon is always 5ml. Curiously - in the US a tbsp is 15ml, while in several other countries a tbsp is 20ml.
Yeah, they're millilitres. The 10ml spoon is a dessert spoon. You don't really see it used that often nowadays though.
So:
2.5ml = half-teaspoon
5ml = teaspoon
10ml = dessert spoon (or two teaspoons)
15ml = tablespoon
Hope that helps. :)
Wow.
Americans actually don't know this??
That's a little terrifying.