Spoons (used by Hahnemann in Paris)
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:02 pm
Hi David,
frist, I don't know what kind of teaspoon Gaby Rottler has got and how
she meassured it, but all modern teaspoons (Teelöffel) I messured could
contain about 4 ml.
I messured all the different types spoons I have got by dipping them
into a bowl of water, thus filling them and emptying them with a
syringe, hence I could read the mesurement.
I meassured
four teaspoons of different design 1970-90 = 4 ml
teaspoon after 1990 = 3,8 ml
silver teaspoon 1960s = 6 ml
silver teaspoon 1927 = 5 ml
silver teaspoon 1915-20 = 5 ml
That old spoons are bigger than modern ones I found out when I was
little child being taught table manners, it was horrid to eat nicely
with those big old tablespoons and such small hands and such a small mouth.
An interesting detail is that in modern recipes "ein gehäufter Esslöffel
Zucker" a heaped tablespoon sugar equals 20 g sugar, whereas in old
recipes (prewar and 1950s) a heaped tablespoon sugar equals 25 g sugar.
"Esslöffel" tablespoon
Modern tablespoons:
tablespoon after 1990 = 6,5 ml (really! I meassured it trice.)
tablespoon 1980s = 11 ml
tabelspoon 1970s = 12 ml
Silverware spoons tend to be bigger, but maybe that's because they are
older or in a more old-fashioned style.
silver tablespoon 1960s = 17,5 ml
silver tablespoon 1950s = 15 ml
silver tablespoon after WWII = 16,5 ml
silver tablespoon 1927 = 17 ml
Then there is the "Mokkalöffel" (strong coffee/mocha spoon) which is the
same size as the Italien expresso spoon, the Turkish teaspoon and the
Indian coffee spoon.
Hence:
Trukish teaspoon/Italian expresso spoon/Indian coffee spoon/
German "Mokkalöffel" (strong coffee/mocha spoon) all = 2 ml
As you can see all my cuttlery is a hotchpotch of different styles from
different times (only the 1927 cuttlery is a complete set).
The really good old stuff is at my father's, but as far as I remember
the teaspoons before 1900 were the same size like the 1927 and the
1915-20 ones, I'm pretty sure they should contain 5 ml.
Thus, I would assume:
2 ml Mokkalöffel (expresso spoon)
5 ml Teelöffel (teaspoon)
Yours sincerly,
Cl.Mennel
frist, I don't know what kind of teaspoon Gaby Rottler has got and how
she meassured it, but all modern teaspoons (Teelöffel) I messured could
contain about 4 ml.
I messured all the different types spoons I have got by dipping them
into a bowl of water, thus filling them and emptying them with a
syringe, hence I could read the mesurement.
I meassured
four teaspoons of different design 1970-90 = 4 ml
teaspoon after 1990 = 3,8 ml
silver teaspoon 1960s = 6 ml
silver teaspoon 1927 = 5 ml
silver teaspoon 1915-20 = 5 ml
That old spoons are bigger than modern ones I found out when I was
little child being taught table manners, it was horrid to eat nicely
with those big old tablespoons and such small hands and such a small mouth.
An interesting detail is that in modern recipes "ein gehäufter Esslöffel
Zucker" a heaped tablespoon sugar equals 20 g sugar, whereas in old
recipes (prewar and 1950s) a heaped tablespoon sugar equals 25 g sugar.
"Esslöffel" tablespoon
Modern tablespoons:
tablespoon after 1990 = 6,5 ml (really! I meassured it trice.)
tablespoon 1980s = 11 ml
tabelspoon 1970s = 12 ml
Silverware spoons tend to be bigger, but maybe that's because they are
older or in a more old-fashioned style.
silver tablespoon 1960s = 17,5 ml
silver tablespoon 1950s = 15 ml
silver tablespoon after WWII = 16,5 ml
silver tablespoon 1927 = 17 ml
Then there is the "Mokkalöffel" (strong coffee/mocha spoon) which is the
same size as the Italien expresso spoon, the Turkish teaspoon and the
Indian coffee spoon.
Hence:
Trukish teaspoon/Italian expresso spoon/Indian coffee spoon/
German "Mokkalöffel" (strong coffee/mocha spoon) all = 2 ml
As you can see all my cuttlery is a hotchpotch of different styles from
different times (only the 1927 cuttlery is a complete set).
The really good old stuff is at my father's, but as far as I remember
the teaspoons before 1900 were the same size like the 1927 and the
1915-20 ones, I'm pretty sure they should contain 5 ml.
Thus, I would assume:
2 ml Mokkalöffel (expresso spoon)
5 ml Teelöffel (teaspoon)
Yours sincerly,
Cl.Mennel