I don’t present myself as someone who is unduly concerned with the plating or displaying, but I absolutely despise splashes on the side of my soup bowl, at least until I start eating my soup. Sure, you could “wipe them away”, but that can leave a trailing smear of soup, stew, or chilli, which is almost worse.
Maybe it’s because I have to snap lots of photos of soups and stews, but smears and splashes have been a constant source of anger for a while now. And if you’re like me – similarly annoyed with bowls with messy sides – I have a solution: use a can funnel.
I’m not a scanner, but I like putting things into jars and a can funnel allows me to put things into those jars without any splash, splatter, or dribble. Simply place the funnel in the bowl, scoop soup / stew / chilli / etc. into the funnel, then pull the funnel away and the soup / stew / chilli / etc. will fall into the center of the bowl without messing the edges. Here I have some pictures of Chicken Chili to demonstrate the technique:
Step 1: Put the funnel in the bowl and the food in the funnel
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Step 2: Remove the can funnel by lifting it straight up
Step 3: serve your food in a splash-free bowl
