Herbert Glarner wrote:
> 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

If I'm trying a recipe for the first time I follow it with quantities as
directed. After that I can pretty much wing it, substitute different
ingredients, etc. The exception would be for breads, pastries & cakes, but
I don't bake so for me that's a moot point.

Jill