On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:13:51 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>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.

But since you're an experienced bread maker, you know what the dough
should be like and what the allowed range of dryness/wetness is.

Although, I remember from my early bread making days that bread
machines can be very critical.