Good afternoon,

when looking at those very precise dosation instructions in some of the
average recipes, it sometimes crosses my mind that said recipes could as
well be recipes for a life-saving medication...

We here, that's my wife and me, oftentimes just take a given list of
ingredients (right from scratch adding or replacing some components), and
without any further looking at quantities we take what we feel "could be
right for us" (after the first time one will have noticed anyway if it was
too much or not enough of this or that).

We both think, that cooking like this is much more fun that following
quantitative indications literally.

That said to the point: yesterday, we asked ourselves, if we are a
minority (seeing that our relatives mostly /do/ follow recipes literally),
or if this is more or less the standard way among the more appassionate
cooks (which I assume can be found in this group).

So: What is your opinion? How do you handle quantities in recipes?

Regards,
//Herbert and Yvonne

--
The make of a Cheese and Onion Pie
http://kitchen.gandraxa.com/kitchen/copie.asp
(bewa contains Fondue cheese oO)