New here :-)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue Mar 6 14:20:02 2001

Actually, I've not been asked to "measure" a dab or a pinch, though I've used
recipes that called for the addition of a pinch or a dab of something. It's
like the absurd assumption, that goes goes with many recipes, implicit in "add
salt to taste," which assumes that the preparer has any.

My late ex-wife used to salt her food, then taste it so see whether it needed
more. I always encouraged her to taste it first, but to no avail. 'twas the
blood pressure that got 'er ...

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Barr" <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: New here :-)


> > Well Dick, I guess you've never been asked to measure out a pinch
> > or a dab.
> ^^^
> That's a tad more than a smidgin isn't it?
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
>
> The future was never like this!
>
>
>
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