KIN104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sheet Pan, Shang Dynasty, Johnnycake
23 May 2020
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A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for serving. Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure, mix, stir and toss ingredients. Present day spoons are made from metal, wood, porcelain or plastic. There are a wide variety of spoons that are made of variety of materials and by different cultures for many different uses and foods. Preserved examples of various forms of spoons used by the ancient egyptians include those composed of ivory, flint, slate and wood; many of them carved with religious symbols. During the neolithic ozieri civilization in sardinia, ceramic ladles and spoons were already in use. In shang dynasty china, spoons were made of bone. Early bronze spoons in china were designed with a sharp point, and may have also been used as cutlery.
