"RichD" > wrote in message
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> 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?

I mainly only measure for baking. Doesn't matter as much for other things.
and I've been cooking for long enough to eyeball things.