On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:28:49 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On Apr 30, 5:33*am, "J. Clarke" > wrote:
>
>> While scales are useful, you seldom find recipes with quantities given
>> by weight
>
>Not in Germany. Germans do everything by weight, very precise -- but
>then their process directions are very sketchy. The old German kitchen
>balances (0-10kg) were also used to weigh the baby.

I would amend that to Europe in general... but not in the US.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.