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The bouncer of the dinner table, deciding exactly how much you deserve.
means A large spoon used to dish out food from a communal bowl or platter onto individual plates.
from A plain compound of "serving" and "spoon." "Spoon" descends from Old English spōn, which meant a chip or splinter of wood — a cousin of Old Norse spánn — because the earliest spoons were exactly that: a thin sliver of wood scooped at one end. As eating became more genteel, the humble chip grew a bowl, gained metal and ceremony, and eventually specialized: the oversized cousin built for portioning the shared dish became the "serving" spoon.
- slotted variant
- Engineered to drain liquid and stop nobody.
- portion power
- One scoop silently negotiates everyone's serving size.
- set economics
- Always sold in pairs, used as one.
- silver origins
- Large spoons once signaled wealth at noble tables.
apostle serving spoon — medieval pewter spoon with apostle figures on handle, 15th-16th century examples found across european churches and estates