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Default Measures and Quantities in Recipes

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:27:58 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
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>"blake murphy" > wrote
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>> i guess i must be a sissy, because i generally follow recipes, except
>> for maybe increasing some spices, pepper in particular. ('an eighth
>> teaspoon for 2 quarts of whatnot?')

>
>Maybe it's me. Perhaps sublty is lost on me. A pinch of
>cayenne for a 9X13 pan of macaroni and cheese? Why
>bother?


this is often my reaction. true, you sometimes get burned (heh, heh)
but not that often.

your pal,
blake