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What Are Mass/Weight Equivalents for Small, Medium and LargeIngredients (ie Fruits and Vegetables)
xmdp wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 3:16:31 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:13:35 -0800 (PST),
> > wrote:
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> > > I can't be the only person who, while reading a recipe, wonders
> > > what is meant when the author describes an ingredient as small,
> > > medium, large, etc. Some are easy enough (eggs, for example) but
> > > too many things are open to interpretation. How large is a large
> > > banana? I've seen many bananas and some are quite large, some
> > > are large, some could be large and others are, 'yeah, that's a
> > > large.'
> > >
> > > Is there a conversion tool somewhere 'out there' one could use to
> > > get a better interpretation
> >
> > Cooking by it's very nature us always a matter of interpretation.
> > I just put up a large pot of pot roast... I didn't measure anything.
> > Now I'm going to pour myself a well earned drink of ice, fresh
> > lemon, diet Sprite, and the world's finest vodka (CP), no
> > measuring... naturally I have a vernier caliper app imbedded in my
> > optic nerve.
> >
> >
> > > of these ambiguous measurements? I realize that in many cases a
> > > 'best guess' will usually be sufficient but sometimes a
> > > specialized diet might require the cook to be more precise. I've
> > > found several limited sources but it's a bit of a pain trying to
> > > keep them all straight.
> > >
> > > Anyone?
>
> Yes, of course, cooking is a matter of interpretation. My question
> was one of special dietary needs such as cooking for diabetics, etc,
> who have a need to know fairly accurately what and how much they eat.
> An example is a medium banana is supposed to be about 100 grams but
> I'm betting half the readers here could show me a medium banana and
> maybe none of them are 100 grams. if the medium banana was for me,
> I'd eat 2 of them but my sick charge is on;y permitted to eat half of
> a medium banana. So, is it <---this big--->, <------this big------>
> or <--this big-->? 
Please use some common sense. You weigh out the amount the person is
allowed and use that. If your charge is allowed 100grams, weigh it.
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