A "teaspoon of sugar" - what is your perception?

[TonyRPH]

We are constantly hearing about drinks containing 10 teaspoons of sugar etc.

So what is your perception of a spoon of sugar?

Is it a heaped spoon.



Or a level spoon.

[Frank7]

I don’t take sugar, but I imagine a heaped spoon.

[dhutch]

I would say neither.

For me a tablespoon is such that the top surface is mild curved, but not heaped to its setting angle. Hence giving a profile rather like and instrument head screw.



Daniel

[Evoluzione]

I don't have a perception, I'd ask you to be specific.

[cadmunkey]

I'd imagine it would be the level spoon. When measuring a 'teaspoon' of liquid you cant heap it can you?

[TonyRPH]

Evoluzione said:

I don't have a perception, I'd ask you to be specific.

Really?

So when somebody mentions a teaspoon of sugar to you, nothing comes to mind at all?

You have no preconceived idea of what it should look like to you?

[Evoluzione]

TonyRPH said:

Evoluzione said:

I don't have a perception, I'd ask you to be specific.

Really?

So when somebody mentions a teaspoon of sugar to you, nothing comes to mind at all?

You have no preconceived idea of what it should look like to you?

It tends not to come up in relevant conversation in my world, only as a request (coffee/tea) or in a recipe, recipes usually stipulate and if it's in a drink i'd ask.
Other than that I have more pressing matters to consider!

[motco]

Five grams

[Kenny Powers]

Poison.

[TonyRPH]

Evoluzione said:

It tends not to come up in relevant conversation in my world, only as a request (coffee/tea) or in a recipe, recipes usually stipulate and if it's in a drink i'd ask.
Other than that I have more pressing matters to consider!

Fair enough!

Kenny Powers said:

Poison.

I guess you're not a sugar fan then..

[The Moose]

I would go a level spoon...but the photo isn’t what I’d consider to be level.

When cooking and the recipe asks for a cup of this or a teaspoon of that, I take the back of a knife and run it across the top to properly level it.

I believe it is actually a defined measurement - around 5ml?

[Hoofy]

cadmunkey said:

I'd imagine it would be the level spoon. When measuring a 'teaspoon' of liquid you cant heap it can you?

Good point. In recipes, you might have to add a teaspoon of olive oil.

[TonyRPH]

Hoofy said:

cadmunkey said:

I'd imagine it would be the level spoon. When measuring a 'teaspoon' of liquid you cant heap it can you?

Good point. In recipes, you might have to add a teaspoon of olive oil.

Good point indeed - I missed the post from carmunkey

[TonyRPH]

motco said:

Five grams

According to this (American) site, it's 4.2 grams but recognised as 4 grams.

website said:

This important bit of information is your key to converting grams into teaspoons. Four grams of sugar is equal to one teaspoon. To be precise, 4.2 grams equals a teaspoon, but the nutrition facts rounds this number down to four grams.

[motco]

TonyRPH said:

motco said:

Five grams

According to this (American) site, it's 4.2 grams but recognised as 4 grams.

website said:

This important bit of information is your key to converting grams into teaspoons. Four grams of sugar is equal to one teaspoon. To be precise, 4.2 grams equals a teaspoon, but the nutrition facts rounds this number down to four grams.

An Imperial teaspoon is 1.2 US teaspoons so 5 grams it is. Of course the bulk density of the substance in question affects the mass, but 5 ml is the volume certainly. I would use a 'proper' measuring spoon which is supposed to be levelled off. Cooking is such an imprecise art that it probably makes the square root of Fanny Adams difference anyway!

[Evoluzione]

motco said:

Cooking is such an imprecise art that it probably makes the square root of Fanny Adams difference anyway!

Exactly. I only follow a recipe the first time round, after that it's modified to suit. The best cookery books are those old ones, splattered with ingredients with loads of pencilled in notes.

[In Arduis Fouette]

cadmunkey said:

I'd imagine it would be the level spoon. When measuring a 'teaspoon' of liquid you cant heap it can you?

'menincus' effects ...though

TBH the previous poster who said not pushed flat but not heaped right up is somewhere

[The Moose]

In Arduis Fouette said:

'menincus' effects ...though

TBH the previous poster who said not pushed flat but not heaped right up is somewhere

Meniscus?

[Driller]

Evoluzione said:

TonyRPH said:

Evoluzione said:

I don't have a perception, I'd ask you to be specific.

Really?

So when somebody mentions a teaspoon of sugar to you, nothing comes to mind at all?

You have no preconceived idea of what it should look like to you?

It tends not to come up in relevant conversation in my world, only as a request (coffee/tea) or in a recipe, recipes usually stipulate and if it's in a drink i'd ask.
Other than that I have more pressing matters to consider!

God I wish I still had time to argue about things like this on the internet

[AlexC1981]

I feel it is important to consider here that spoons with a greater flange to indent ratio would provide a greater surface area and allow for a larger stack, so a level spoonful can only be the correct answer if we are aiming for a standard.