RichD wrote:

> When I make vegetable soup, I never bother measuring
> ingredients. I just throw whatever I have, into the pot.
> Though I always add something spicy; onions, scallions,
> ginger root, chili peppers. And I skip the potatos, which
> take too long to cook, and over-used in soups anyway, imo.
>
> And never receive complaints, regarding quantities.
>
> So, do you measure, when you make soup? Or other dishes,
> where you don't bother measuring?

The only thing I am very careful about is measuring wehen making bread.
A cream soup though has to be fairly close so it will properly thicken.