The word "spoonfuls" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an amount or portion of something that is measured by spoonfuls. For example, "She added two spoonfuls of sugar to the batter."
To serve, place spoonfuls or balls of ice cream into bowls then spoon over the chilled rhubarb syrup.
Though it is always made with yoghurt, Monir Mohammed and Martin Gray's book Mother India at Home, based on recipes from the former's Glasgow restaurant, has one which is equal parts buttermilk and milk, with just a couple of spoonfuls of yoghurt.
A few spoonfuls of preserved mustard greens are the magic seasoning that makes Sichuanese dry-fried beans irresistible.
A white practice tutu dangles from one elegant wrist (she's come straight from rehearsal), and she takes her tea Russian-style – black and sweetened with spoonfuls of blueberry jam.
Or staying where they are, but sugaring their policies with a few spoonfuls of Christianity?Secular fundamentalistsThe biggest problem for the Democrats is that many of their hard-core supporters would rather lose another election than court the religious vote.
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(All spectator sports go best with beer; professional wrestling also needs spoonfuls of salt and an appetite for camp).
Even tougher parts of town, with heavy immigrant populations, are strikingly nicer than their equivalents in London or Paris.If this is a nanny state, in other words, it is a Mary Poppins nanny state: lots of spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine go down.
Meanwhile he has shuttled back and forth to his home in Seattle, a speech at Stanford business school and his son's wedding in Chicago.Yet Mr Behar does not seem at all frazzled as he talks about his work, combining a decaffeinated demeanor with generous spoonfuls of sweet sentiment.
In Zambia, say, a poor person is defined as someone who cannot afford to buy at least two to three plates of nshima (a kind of porridge), a sweet potato, a few spoonfuls of oil, a handful of groundnuts and a couple of teaspoons of sugar each day, plus a banana and a chicken twice a week.But even in quite poor countries, a different concept of poverty also seems to creep in, the authors argue.
Think of the last time you watched somebody pour spoonfuls of sugar into a cup of coffee.Texture is a particular conundrum.
