You probably already know that you can use many uncountable nouns in a countable way with words such as PIECE or BIT: I ate a small piece of cheese. Why don’t you add a bit of cream? ⠀ However, we can also use more interesting and specific words. We often use the names of containers when we talk about amounts of food. These might be items of crockery or cutlery, for example BOWL, PLATE, CUP, GLASS, TABLESPOON or TEASPOON, or items of packaging such as PACKET, BOTTLE, CAN, CARTOON, TUB or TUBE: I ordered a bowl of soup...