On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:57:41 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 10:31:39 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Goes with the sign I posted at my chow line:
>> "Take all you want, eat all you take."
>
>A sign that was posted in most mess halls during WWII.
>
>> Tonight's dinner will be a garden salad, I
>> already have all the ingrdients prepared and in the bowl, I know that
>> size bowl (24 cups) filled halfway holds enough for two, filled
>> halfway so there's lots of room to toss with dressing. I learned long
>> ago to use particular cookware as a gauge for particular quantity. I
>> prefer to use larger cookware so there's room to stir without making a
>> mess.
>
>> http://i66.tinypic.com/lvfcp.jpg
>
>Looks a lot more than halfway full.

That's because you deleted the text that said that salad was for two
day's dinners.

>I would never make a tossed salad 8 hours before _planning_ on eating.
>
>-sw

Why not, it's not dressed... the produce at market was prepared weeks
before you bought it, that's when it was harvested... and I _planned_
on eating it 24 hours previously. And now I'm going to put up a
quarter pound of rotelle to add to tonights'.