Lovely George IV SAUCE SPOON What was it used for?

This beautiful sauce spoon is so small. Any ideas what it's specialization was? What type of sauce would this have spooned?

The handle is 4-3/4" long
The bowl is 1-7/8" in diameter and 7/8" deep


TIA

 

It's a ladle, not a spoon. For serving sauces (other than gravy) like au jus for your slice of roast beef, or perhaps cream for your delicate dish of berries.

 

Thank you gma! Much appreciated

 

great....now i'm hungry !!!

 

How about hollandaise for your eggs Benedict?

 

Ohhh...push my buttons girl !!!!

can I get sausage ....well done ...on the side !!

 

Getting all your pork products into a single meal?

 

I'm a breakfast pig.......don't forget the bacon !!!!

 

I DO love me a good Benedict...

Or what about syrup on pancakes?

 

Shangas, when you live in New England, there is no other way!

It has to be the REAL stuff, too - none of that maple-flavored stuff.

During the 5 years my daughter lived in the UK, I used to have to send it to her - the real deal, of course. That & Skippy peanut butter - oh, and canned pumpkin for Thanksgiving! (It's been a few years since then - I believe they all are now available in the UK...)

 

It is an obvious fact that syrup on pancakes attracts hurricanes.
We Briitish sprinkle lemon juice and sugar, and have no hurricanes. Americans splash syrup and have hurricanes. QED.

 

You also have Bangers & Mash.....& Brexit !!

 

Not to mention Toad in the Hole and Spotted Dick but no Corn Dogs or Grits. I have no idea what some American food is.
Hush Puppies, hoagies and po'boys are a mystery to me.

 

We got Bear Paws & Christ's ears......

 

A gastro-pub near our hut in Wales sells pigs' ears. That's not a name for something, it is really a pig's ears.

In an earwax jus?

 

I don't know why the English have such a bad reputation for their food. I like a lot of it.

I read somewhere once, that the reputation for bad English food came from American soldiers, stationed in England during WWII. Since rationing was on, all the food was pretty sub-par, and as a result, the soldiers came away from England thinking that all English food tasted this terrible.

 

Shangas, when I first started going to London, it was the 1970's, and let me tell you, most of the food in "regular, standard type" restaurants was horrid!

Tough meat and breaded fish, not a fresh vegetable in sight - and everything (even a meal in an Italian restaurant) was accompanied by chips & canned/tinned peas.
(Now, the high-end restaurants were another story. I never had even a mediocre meal at any of them. When I'm in London, I still go back to a few of them.)

Over the years, the "dining scene" there certainly seems to have improved dramatically. Of course, you can say the very same thing about food in the US. If I still had to eat like most people did in the 1950's & 1960's, I probably wouldn't be here to talk about it!

 

Maybe I'm just a simple eater. I love fish and chips. Half Jewish and half Belgian.

 

Most Americans have no idea either - they just haven't realized it as of yet.......................the packet or the advert say its good and good for you, and serving it to your family means you love them, and your teenager will become a model A student, and you will look like Heidi Klum or Tom Cruise, so they buy, buy, buy, buy it................................

 

Growing up in England I remember eating Trifle, jam roly poly, Peas Pudding, spotted dick, Marmite on bread, bread and dunkin', stuffed heart, dolly mixture, Trebor chews, Fizzy Fountains, crepes with sugar and lemon .. it goes on and on, most of this food was only available after the war when rationing ended .. .. Joy.