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A utensil that is designed to hold loose quantities of herbs, spices or teas to be used for adding various flavors to liquids.

A hollow, round ball containing tiny holes or mesh screening which is used to hold tea leaves, herbs and spices that are used for flavoring liquids.

A metal ball, containing tiny holes, that is used to hold tea leaves, herbs and spices. The ball with the flavored contents is placed in boiling water where it may be used to make tea or flavor sauces and soup or meat stocks.

Common in Jewish kitchens, this type of soup consists of a broth that contains several round, soft dumplings known as Matzo Balls.

A round dumpling that is most often served in a chicken broth soup. The Matzo ball is made by combining Matzo meal (crushed dried flatbread), oil or butter, eggs, and seasonings together, forming the mixture into round balls approximately 1 inch or so in diameter.

A type of utensil used to hold small amounts of herbs that are to be placed in simmering liquids in order the enhance or infuse the herbal flavors into the simmering solution.

A plastic or stainless steel kitchen utensil that has various sized scoops that are inserted into the flesh of a melon and twisted to form the shape of a ball.

Common in Asian cuisine, this round-shaped food is a meatball-like product made from fish meat that is most often sold by street vendors as well as restaurants.

The stage or temperature at which a small quantity of heated sugar syrup forms a hard ball when dropped into cold water.

Tea that has been flavored by adding herbs such as mint or rosemary to enhance the flavor of mildly flavored teas.

An hors d'oeuvre made with spreadable cheese that is blended or covered with a variety of other ingredients to enhance the flavor of the cheese.

Made in the form of a Tea Ball with a handle, this utensil is designed to hold bits of ingredients that are used to make beverages and flavorful foods.

A kitchen utensil that is best used to blend sauces, whip eggs and stir batters. Each of the wires on the head of this whisk contains weighted balls that can effectively stir ingredients, conforming to the shape of the container in which the ingredients are mixed.

A method of testing sugar syrup to see if it has boiled to the proper stage of cooking. It is the point when a drop of boiling syrup is dropped into cold water and forms a soft ball which will flatten on its own when removed.

A kitchen utensil that is primarily a series of whisks combined to create a tool that will develop more air in the mixture, making it lighter for a better consistency and/or outcome from the food being prepared.

A mixture of herbs, either fresh or dried, that are placed into savory foods as they cook to enhance the flavor of the foods being prepared.

A small portion of ground meat that has been seasoned and rolled into a round ball-like shape. Meatballs were most likely created as a way to use up excess meat, taking scraps of meat, grinding them into small bits and possibly adding some fillers to help hold the mixture together.

A common Jewish food, Gefilte fish is made from bits of fish that are formed into either a fish cake or a fish ball to be served as a hot or cold food dish.

A metal strainer or polymesh basket, containing tiny holes, used to hold tea leaves, herbs and/or spices.

(Scientific Name: Calvatia gigantea) A round, white or grayish-tan colored mushroom that grows or "puffs up" into the shape of a round ball.