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LadyScozz | Report | 9 Oct 2014 00:26 |
That drive me mad!! |
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SueCar | Report | 9 Oct 2014 01:03 |
Approximate is probably okay for cooking (unlike baking, which needs to be more precise). Night, night: I'm admittin' defeat 'n' goin' ta bed! x |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 9 Oct 2014 08:48 |
A cup of; a teaspoon of; a tablespoon of; a knob of; a pinch of - were what my Gran & my Mum used when cooking or baking, they never used scales :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 9 Oct 2014 09:50 |
I think America adopted volume rather than weight measurements because it was difficult for pioneers to use scales on the wagon trains whereas any cup would do as long as it was the same cup throughout the recipe. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 9 Oct 2014 12:15 |
I have lots of recipe books, and two hand-written ones of my Mother's. They all have decent measurments (either weight or cups). |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 9 Oct 2014 17:42 |
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Sharron | Report | 9 Oct 2014 21:40 |
My chef is always amazed, and so am I, that the stuff I chuck casually into the food processor always turns into good pastry. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 9 Oct 2014 22:39 |
I know how to cook! I've been cooking since I was eight years old.... younger if you include making toast :-) |
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Sharron | Report | 9 Oct 2014 22:54 |
Wish I could. I'm getting fed up with pastry! |
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LadyScozz | Report | 10 Oct 2014 00:51 |
lol...... change the recipe...... cut it into strips & call it spaghetti :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 10 Oct 2014 07:58 |
Pastary. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 10 Oct 2014 09:13 |
There is a cookbook "Action Cook Book" written by the novelist Len Deighton which deals with all essential recipes in a sensible way with line illustrations and normal measures, pint oz etc. Highly recommended. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 10 Oct 2014 11:52 |
Your French wife uses pints & ounces? |
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Sharron | Report | 10 Oct 2014 12:22 |
Stop it now! |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 10 Oct 2014 14:00 |
Of course not Len Deighton's action cookbook was my survival guide through girlfriends beyond count and two or three wives most of whom couldn't cook. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 10 Oct 2014 18:02 |
"His first collection of French recipes was "Ou est le Garlic?" (reissued as "Basic French Cooking")." - that's why you can't find Len Deighton's original book. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 10 Oct 2014 19:02 |
ou est le garlic is about £20 on eBay too much IMHO. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 10 Oct 2014 21:56 |
I'm bilingual in the kitchen. |