Spider (utensil) remove foods from hot liquids such as water or oil. Spiders may be somewhat flat and round or small round spoon-like utensils shaped into the form of an open basket. They may also be referred to as sieves, spoon sieves, spoon skimmers, or basket skimmers. A spider is ideal for lifting and draining foods from hot oil, soups, stocks and boiling water. It is the perfect tool for skimming stocks, blanching vegetables and deep frying foods. This kitchen utensil is most often used to retrieve foods that are being cooked in pots or pans of hot water. The spider can
Ladle Hill as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1978. Ladle Hill typifies a calcareous grassland chalk downland habitat now scarce in Britain, and is home to some unusual and rare species. The earthwork in particular is very rich in species, with a good range of downland grasses and large populations of rare and local plants such as field fleawort, "Senecio integrifolius"; chalk milkwort, "Polygala calcarea"; hairy rock-cress, "Arabis hirsuta"; fragrant orchid, "Gymnadenia conopsea"; and pyramidal orchid, "Anacamptis pyramidalis". The earthwork escarpment slopes, though species-rich, support fewer species than within the fort, but some, notably clustered bellflower, "Campanula glomerata", only