Talk:Tablespoon

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I've never heard of an "SI Tablespoon" before. I really doubt that this is an accepted SI unit. And it makes no sense that an "SI Tablespoon" would be 15 mL in Canada but 20 mL in Australia.--Ryan Stone 04:35, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] US metric spoons

I've found that U.S. law (21CFR101.9(b)(5)(viii)) defines the tablespoon as 15 mL.

Excerpt:

For nutrition labeling purposes, a teaspoon means 5 milliliters (mL),
a tablespoon means 15 mL, a cup means 240 mL, 1 fl oz means 30 mL,
and 1 oz in weight means 28 g.

Should/could this be added into the article? ~ Storpilot

US law mentions metric units? Inconceivable! JIP | Talk 05:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Scant" tablespoon

What is a scant tablespoon, as in this recipe: [1]. Is it just a level tablespoon or does it have a specific technical meaning? Richard W.M. Jones 12:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comment added by 18.243.6.65

This is ridiculous; a flattened tablespoon can hardly hold 2ml of volume... Something seems wrong with this entire notion that a tablespoon could even remotely hope to actually hold a "tablespoon = 15ml" worth of liquid. Someone should test this. --Ninjagecko —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.243.6.65 (talk • contribs)

I think you may be confusing a tablespoon with a teaspoon. I just checked my tablespoons and they hold around 15ml with no problems at all. Unclejimbo83 13:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)