Slotted spoon
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A slotted spoon is a spoon implement used in food preparation. The term can be used to describe any spoon with slots, holes or other openings in the bowl of the spoon which let liquid pass through whi
Three examples of typical stainless steel slotted spoons
Special slotted spoons used to prepare absinthe
Absinthe
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Absinthe is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium, together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary h
Slotted spoon
…to serve foods prepared or packaged in juices, such as canned fruit and vegetables. One peculiar example of a slotted spoon is used in the traditional absinthe preparation ritual. A special absinthe spoon with a disproportionately weighted, often ornately decorated, and the mostly flat bowl is balanced upon…
Reservoir glass with naturally coloured verte absinthe and an absinthe spoon
Albert Maignan's Green Muse (1895): a poet succumbs to the Green Fairy.
An absinthe frappé, a common way to serve absinthe with simple syrup, water, and crushed ice
L'Absinthe, by Edgar Degas, 1876