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the long-armed monarch of soup, ruling the pot from a safe distance
means a large, deep-bowled spoon with a long handle, used for scooping and serving soups, stews, and other liquids
from From Old English 'hlædel,' meaning a vessel for lading or loading, built on the verb 'hladan' (to load, draw up, heap) — the same root that gives us 'lade' in 'bill of lading' and the 'lad' tucked inside 'laden.' So a ladle is, quite literally, a little loading-tool: the thing you use to draw liquid up out of the pot, one careful heap at a time.
- old roots
- name comes from Old English meaning to load or draw
- big dipper
- the constellation's name literally means the ladle in Chinese
- volume tool
- often holds exactly four to eight fluid ounces per scoop
- casting cousin
- foundries use giant ladles to pour molten metal
for instance
ladle of gilgamesh — bronze ceremonial ladle from ancient mesopotamia, circa 2100 bce, used in royal banquets