Guest guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Hi gang, I'm trying to make an Aloo Gobi recipe from Cranks Bible (a British vegetarian cookbook). It calls for " 1 dsp cumin powder " . Can anyone tell me what a dsp is? The book uses " tblsp " for tablespoon and " tsp " for teaspoon, so that's not it. It doesn't explain this anywhere. I also googled " dsp equivalent " and variations thereof, with no luck, though I gather this measurement is also used in Australia. Can anyone give me a general idea? Thanks, Sharon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Did you see it more than once in the cookbook? I was wondering is it was a typo and was really meant to be tsp. Judy - Sharon Zakhour Saturday, July 14, 2007 4:37 PM dsp? - unit of measure Hi gang, I'm trying to make an Aloo Gobi recipe from Cranks Bible (a British vegetarian cookbook). It calls for " 1 dsp cumin powder " . Can anyone tell me what a dsp is? The book uses " tblsp " for tablespoon and " tsp " for teaspoon, so that's not it. It doesn't explain this anywhere. I also googled " dsp equivalent " and variations thereof, with no luck, though I gather this measurement is also used in Australia. Can anyone give me a general idea? Thanks, Sharon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Hi Sharon This would be a dessertspoon. This is where we run into the problem that imperial and US spoons are different sizes. So in Imperial measurements 2 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon and 3 teaspoons = 1 Tablespoon. This is the result I got when I googled it: 1 Imperial dessertspoon = 2.40190083 US teaspoons HTH Christie , Sharon Zakhour <sharon.zakhour wrote: > > Hi gang, > > I'm trying to make an Aloo Gobi recipe from Cranks Bible (a British > vegetarian cookbook). It calls for " 1 dsp cumin powder " . Can anyone > tell me what a dsp is? The book uses " tblsp " for tablespoon and " tsp " > for teaspoon, so that's not it. It doesn't explain this anywhere. > > I also googled " dsp equivalent " and variations thereof, with no luck, > though I gather this measurement is also used in Australia. > > Can anyone give me a general idea? > > Thanks, > > Sharon > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Yes, I saw it more than once. I should have mentioned that. :-) Sharon wwjd wrote: > Did you see it more than once in the cookbook? I was wondering is it was a typo and was really meant to be tsp. > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 THANKS, Christie! I wondered if the " d " meant double. It doesn't exactly, but it amounts to that! I'm going back upstairs to start the dish now. You saved me. :-D Sharon christie_0131 wrote: > Hi Sharon > This would be a dessertspoon. This is where we run into the problem > that imperial and US spoons are different sizes. So in Imperial > measurements 2 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon and 3 teaspoons = 1 > Tablespoon. This is the result I got when I googled it: > 1 Imperial dessertspoon = 2.40190083 US teaspoons > HTH > Christie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Triggad Report post Posted November 29, 2013 Yer it is dessert spoon, an English measurement. Equal to 10ml or 2 tsp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
