How do you measure a teaspoon when you don't have an actual teaspoon measure?

Answer 1

The best I can think is to eyeball it. It's 1/3 of a tablespoon or 1/6 of an ounce. If you really need precise measure, then borrow your neighbor's or go buy one.

Answer 2

I rarely use measuring spoons, even for liquids, but you can come pretty close with that little teaspoon from your drawer. For dry ingredients just make it level, not heaped up.
Go to the Dollar Store. You can buy a set of measuring spoons for a dollar. I think they range from 1/8th teaspoon to 1 Tablespoon.

Answer 3

Cup your hand. That very small indentation in the middle of your hand is the way my grandmother always measured a teaspoon. Of course, this only works for dry goods like salt and baking powder or soda. But my grandmother was a great cook that never had much time for useless measuring spoons!

Answer 4

If you can't eyeball it or have a small teaspoon you would use for coffee, your pad of your thumb from the first knuckle to the nail bed tip and for the depth from the nail line to the thumb pad is the depth for the closest to a teaspoon.

Answer 5

I use a regular size spoon for a teaspoon and the larger spoons for a tablespoon

Answer 6

if you have a small spoon (to stir for tea) that is roughly one teaspoon ..don't over load the spoon when measuring...just use enough to fill the spoon..= one teaspoon.

Answer 7

Kat's answer is correct. I saw the trick once on a cooking show and measured it; it is almost exactly a teaspoon.
I rarely measure ingredients, unless I'm baking.

Answer 8

When I watch the foodnetwork on cable, I see more than a few of the chefs use the cap of the bottle. Its usually 2 capfulls.

Answer 9

cup your palm until it creates a little bowl in the center..... slightly.... you've seen chef's do it on tv.... that little bowl that's created is very close to the amount of a teaspoon...

Answer 10

Use a baby spoon or a regular sized spoon (not a large soup spoon).