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19-600: A chawan ( 茶碗 ; literally "tea bowl") is a bowl used for preparing and drinking tea . Many types of chawan are used in East Asian tea ceremonies . The chawan originated in China. The earliest chawan in Japan were imported from China between the 13th and the 16th centuries. The Jian chawan , a Chinese tea bowl known as Tenmoku chawan in Japan, was the preferred tea bowl for

38-469: A bowl by its dimensions, writing that a bowl's diameter rarely falls under half its height and that historic bowls can be classified by their edge, or lip, and shape. In many cultures, food and drink are shared in a communal bowl or cup. In Mali , the name of the town of Bandiagara ( French pronunciation: [bɑ̃djaɡaʁa] ) refers to the communal bowl meals are served in. The name translates roughly to "large eating bowl." In Zimbabwe , sadza

57-411: A fashionable gift item, and by 1949, the cultural critic Russell Lynes was saying that a highbrow person "wouldn't dream of washing his salad bowl". The wooden salad bowl was criticized soon thereafter, even if it had a finish: The finish on cheap and badly made bowls will soon crack, the oil will seep into the crevices and eventually go rancid, and if garlic is rubbed frequently over the surface,

76-1107: A single serving of food to large bowls, such as punch bowls or salad bowls , that are often used to hold or store more than one portion of food. There is some overlap between bowls, cups , and plates . Very small bowls, such as the tea bowl , are often called cups, while plates with especially deep wells are often called bowls. In many cultures, bowls are the most common kind of vessel used for serving and eating food. Historically, small bowls were also used for serving both tea and alcoholic drinks . In Western culture plates and cups are more commonly used. Modern bowls can be made of ceramic , metal , wood , plastic , and other materials. Bowls have been made for thousands of years. Very early bowls have been found in China , Ancient Greece , Crete and in certain Native American cultures. In Ancient Greek pottery , small bowls, including phiales and pateras , and bowl-shaped cups called kylices were used. Phiales were used for libations and included

95-507: A small dent in the center for the bowl to be held with a finger, although one source indicates that these were used to hold perfume rather than wine . Some Mediterranean examples from the Bronze Age manifest elaborate decoration and sophistication of design. For example, the bridge spouted vessel design appeared at the Minoan site of Phaistos . In the 4th millennium BC, evidence exists that

114-591: Is supported by four smaller cushions on each side inside the wooden box to help stabilise and protect the bowl. A more simpler cloth bag gomotsu-bukuro (御物袋) can also be used instead. Japanese chawan have various shapes and types, many of which have specific names: The foot (高台 Kōdai ) of the Japanese chawan can be in various different shapes and sizes. The most known are: [REDACTED] Media related to Chawan at Wikimedia Commons Bowl (vessel) The size of bowls varies from small bowls used to hold

133-590: Is traditionally eaten from a communal bowl , a tradition that is still maintained by some families, mainly in rural areas. Lakh is a popular boiled porridge made with rolled millet flour pellets (araw/arraw) typically topped at serving with sweetened fermented milk . It is usually served in a communal bowl or platter in Senegal . In China , it is considered rude and unhygienic for a diner to use his or her own chopsticks to pick up food from communal bowls and plates when such utensils are present. In some cultures,

152-506: The Jian tea wares : Tea is of light colour and looks best in black cups. The cups made at Jianyang are bluish-black in colour, marked like the fur of a hare. Being of rather thick fabric, they retain the heat, so that when once warmed through, they cool very slowly, and they are additionally valued on this account. None of the cups produced at other places can rival these. Blue and white cups are not used by those who give tea-tasting parties. By

171-609: The Uruk culture of ancient Mesopotamia mass-produced beveled rim bowls of standardized sizes. Moreover, in Chinese pottery, there are many elaborately painted bowls and other vessels dating to the Neolithic period. As of 2009 , the oldest bowl found is 18,000 years old. In examining bowls found during an archaeological dig in North America , the anthropologist Vincas Steponaitis defines

190-642: The Edo period from abroad was the Annan ware from Vietnam ( Annam ), which were originally used there as rice bowls. Annan ware is blue and white, with a high foot. A cloth called chakin (茶巾) is used to wipe the bowl clean. Normally the bowl would be wrapped in an orange turmeric -coloured cloth called ukon-nuno (ウコン布) for storage in the box, which apparently helps ward insects away. A cloth bag shifuku (仕服) made out of silk or brocade can be used for storage of special tea bowls, especially for tenmoku chawan types. This

209-458: The Japanese tea ceremony until the 16th century. In Japan, tea was also mainly drunk from this Chinese variety of tea bowls until about the 15th century. The Japanese term tenmoku is derived from the name of the Tianmu Mountain , where Japanese priests acquired these tea bowls from Chinese temples to bring back to Japan, according to tradition. An 11th-century resident of Fujian wrote about

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228-534: The United States from the 1940s to the 1960s, wooden salad bowls were recommended by many cookbooks. This fashion was started by the restaurateur and food writer George Rector , who in 1936 wrote a column entitled "Salad Daze". In that column, he recommended using an unvarnished wooden salad bowl, purportedly a French tradition. He recommended rubbing garlic into it for a hint of garlic flavor, oiling it regularly, and never washing it: ...age has everything to do with

247-458: The bowl.... Wood, you see, is absorbent, and after you’ve been rubbing your bowl with garlic and anointing it with oil for some years, it will have acquired the patina of a Corinthian bronze and the personality of a 100-year-old brandy. ...Thirty years of sheer joy have oiled and polished and savored it until it is as distinguished an object as a 2,000-year-old Chinese shrine made of sandalwood. By that Christmas season, wooden salad bowls had become

266-525: The bowls with a tapered shape, so most Seto-made Tenmoku chawan had this shape. With the rise of the wabi tea ceremony in the late Muromachi period (1336–1573), the Ido chawan , which originated from a Met-Saabal or a large bowl used for rice in Korea, also became highly prized in Japan. These Korean-influenced bowls were favored by the tea master Sen no Rikyū because of their rough simplicity. Over time and with

285-629: The communal bowl has a set of social strictures, as evidenced by the Spanish idiom, " ¿Cuándo hemos comido en el mismo plato? " (English: When have we eaten from the same dish?). Salad bowl A salad bowl is a bowl -shaped serving dish used to serve salads , especially tossed salads. Salad bowls may be made of any of the usual materials used for tableware , including ceramics , metal , plastic , glass , or wood . Salad bowls can also be made from renewable materials such as Poly-lactic Acid (PLA), wheat straw fiber and sugarcane bagasse. In

304-444: The desirable faint undertone will soon become an objectionable odor that can only be described as a stench. Large wooden salad bowls, we are so often and authoritatively told, become seasoned with constant use, particularly if they are never washed. But it must be pointed out that the bowl, sooner or later, will develop imperceptible cracks, oil and food particles will inevitably collect in the cracks and become rancid. Rubbing garlic on

323-493: The development of the Japanese tea ceremony as a distinct form, local Japanese pottery and porcelain became more highly priced and developed. Around the Edo period, the chawan was often made in Japan. The most esteemed pieces for a tea ceremony chawan are raku ware , Hagi ware , and Karatsu ware . A saying in the tea ceremony schools for the preferred types of chawan relates: "Raku first, Hagi second, Karatsu third." Another chawan type that became slightly popular during

342-550: The end of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), as the custom of tea drinking spread throughout Japan and the Tenmoku chawan became desired by all ranks of society, the Japanese began to make their own copies in Seto (in present-day Aichi Prefecture ). Although the Tenmoku chawan was derived from the original Chinese that came in various colors, shapes, and designs, the Japanese particularly liked

361-439: The salad bowl has a long history: ...frott[er] le saladier avec de l'ail qu'on écrase avec une croûte de pain nommée Chapon . rub the salad bowl with garlic crushed with a crust of bread called a "capon" Even in the United States, this predates Rector: an American salad cookbook from 1926 recommends it in many recipes. Salad bowls may be of any shape and size, from very flat to very tall. This food -related article

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