tasting spoon

Kitchen flavor checker

A tasting spoon is a small spoon used by cooks to sample food while preparing it.

Professional kitchens keep tasting spoons handy so cooks can check seasoning without contaminating the pot: She grabbed a clean tasting spoon to test the sauce.

The term also applies to the tiny spoons offered at ice cream shops for sampling flavors.

Related

home cooking · stirring · broth · sauce · flavor · flavor profile · wooden · metal · slurp · cooking · pot · simmer · simmer down · test · seasoning · soup · palate · nibble

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Opposites
purpose/function

tasting spoonserving spoon

Utensil for transferring portions

tablespoon · soup spoon · dessert spoon · ladle · serving utensil

culinary role

tasting spoonmixing spoon

Utensil for blending ingredients

stirring spoon · slotted spoon · ladle · spatula

quantity handled

tasting spoonladle

Deep spoon for serving

serving spoon · soup ladle · gravy boat · tureen · serving bowl

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G