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- noun Plural form of
dessertspoonful .
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Examples
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If the label says it is 0.5%, add 2 dessertspoonfuls (20 ml).
Chapter 46 1997
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Lift them out, and thicken the stew with three dessertspoonfuls of flour, wet with a scant cup of water.
Things Mother Used to Make Lydia Maria Gurney
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For the relief of flatulent stomach-ache, whether in children or in adults, from five to fifteen drops of the essence may be given on a lump of sugar, or mixed with two dessertspoonfuls of hot water.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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= -- Four dessertspoonfuls of mint, two of sugar, one gill of vinegar; stir all together; make two or three hours before wanted.
Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs Anonymous
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For six people put on the fire two handfuls of sorrel, reduce it to a puree, and add two dessertspoonfuls of cream, a lump of butter the size of a pigeon's egg, pepper, salt.
The Belgian Cookbook Various
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= -- Stir into some good melted butter from three to four dessertspoonfuls of capers; add a little of the vinegar and dish the sauce as soon as it boils.
Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs Anonymous
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Add two dessertspoonfuls of onions chopped fine, a dessertspoonful of whole pepper, one of allspice, one of cloves, and half a spoonful of cayenne pepper.
Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs Anonymous
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Give this warm in dessertspoonfuls every five minutes.
Papers on Health John Kirk
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Take a piece of butter the size of an egg, melt it and mix it with two dessertspoonfuls of ground rice, add some of the liquor, pepper, and salt, stir well, so that it makes a good cream; drop in the yolks of two eggs, always stirring, and a little lemon juice.
The Belgian Cookbook Various
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INGREDIENTS. — 1 – 1/4 lb. of flour, 3/4 lb. of loaf sugar, 6 oz. of fresh butter, 4 eggs, 1 oz. of lemon-peel, 2 dessertspoonfuls of lemon-juice.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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