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The beef noodle soup, which accounts for about 80% of orders, contains noodles, beef, one ladle of original stock and one ladle of fresh broth to dilute the stock’s intense flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

You cannot bail out the Titanic with a soup ladle.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

At the annual championships in Groningen, amateur and professional chefs from the Netherlands and beyond compete for the top prize in both categories -- a coveted silver ladle.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Desperate, I grabbed a plastic ladle from the kitchen to change the mojo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

Empedocles performed his experiment with a household implement people had used for centuries, the so-called clepsydra or “water thief,” which was used as a kitchen ladle.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Here in Chicago, every coffee shop worth its salt now ladles out some steaming permutation of oat mush with a swirl of tahini or jam, SQIRL-style.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

Inside, workers dipped ladles into buckets filled with soup that they poured into Styrofoam containers stuffed with rice to distribute to Haitians who have lost homes to gang violence.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

In it, nutty-tasting farro is given the risotto treatment, cooked gradually in ladles full of hot broth until it is enveloped in creaminess, and the grain is tender but retains its enticing chew.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

It’s womb-like and astral, and Lustwerk’s talk-raps, which he casually ladles throughout, are like reassuring commands.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

“Now I can bend and shape pieces of iron I find around the ruins of the Gribley house and barn. Eventually I’ll forge them into shovels, ladles, and even nails.”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Many remain convinced a tsunami could yet strike, he said, as government aid workers ladled rice porridge into bowls for the evacuees.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

President ladled his usual flattery on Mr. Xi as a “great” and “powerful” leader, and said the two are now fast friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

A generously fruit-dotted sangria — red or white — is hard to beat, especially when it’s meant to be ladled rather than poured.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026

Then they ladled the liquid into small cups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

Portia ladled the coffee from the dishpan on the stove while Marshall Nicolls passed slices of cake.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

A few metres away, his mother Beatrice was busy ladling out and flipping crepes spread from brim to brim with a generous layer of chocolate-hazelnut spread.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Before serving, cover and turn off the heat and allow to rest a bit before reheating to desired temperature before ladling into bowls.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

Making this one-pan dish sure beats standing over the stove, cooking slice after slice of French toast or ladling pancake batter onto the griddle.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

The women, ladling out stew and potatoes with frozen hands, scoffed at the idea that the police could stop the crossings.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

Some of the band lay back from the fires, smoking and watching idly, talking softly among themselves; while others still ate, ladling the fragrant contents of a black iron pot onto tin plates.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford