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?

--
Rich

On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 4:27:24 PM UTC-4, 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?

I measure when I make Ezogelin Courbasi.

<https://groups.google.com/g/rec.food.cooking/c/S0pk5SStdj4/m/eQTNDdE3M58J>

I want the proportions of lentils, bulgur, and water to be correct, so I don't get either
dishwater or concrete. I don't measure the other ingredients.

I don't measure when I make vegetable soup, pot roast, or a bunch of other
dishes. I measure spices pretty carefully for curries and the like, since a mistake
there can have a profound effect on the final dish. I weigh the ingredients for
pizza dough, since I'm an indifferent and unpracticed baker.

Cindy Hamilton

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.

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.

"RichD" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Julie Bove wrote:
> 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.

Same with me. One thing I like about a few of the cooking
contest shows, especially "Beat Bobby Flay," is the variety
and complexity of what people come up with in a very short
time.

Same thing with "Chopped" although they often have some very
odd ingredients to combine.

My favorite cooking show (not a competition) was
"Great Chefs."

On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 6:06:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> One thing I like about a few of the cooking
> contest shows, especially "Beat Bobby Flay," is the variety
> and complexity of what people come up with in a very short
> time.
>
> Same thing with "Chopped" although they often have some very
> odd ingredients to combine.
>
Reasons why I rarely watch any of the cooking shows. Very little
useable cooking going on, it's all about 'contests' and who can I
beat and what weird shit can I try to convince people to cook.
Cooking should be fun and enjoyable not a freak show carnival.
>
> My favorite cooking show (not a competition) was
> "Great Chefs."
>
I enjoyed those shows immensely, too.

On 2020-09-15 9:49 a.m., wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 6:06:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
>> Same thing with "Chopped" although they often have some very
>> odd ingredients to combine.
>>
> Reasons why I rarely watch any of the cooking shows. Very little
> useable cooking going on, it's all about 'contests' and who can I
> beat and what weird shit can I try to convince people to cook.
> Cooking should be fun and enjoyable not a freak show carnival.

The reason I don't watch them is that they are basically "reality" shows
where most of the contestants are trying to be some sort of character.
Most of them have some sob story to share with the panel to score pity
points, like doing it to honour a mother/sister/ friend who has died or
likely about to.



>>
>> My favorite cooking show (not a competition) was
>> "Great Chefs."
>>
> I enjoyed those shows immensely, too.
>

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> The reason I don't watch them is that they are basically "reality" shows
> where most of the contestants are trying to be some sort of character.
> Most of them have some sob story to share with the panel to score pity
> points, like doing it to honour a mother/sister/ friend who has died or
> likely about to.

lol! That's so true on "Chopped." Silly stupid sob
stories.

On 9/15/2020 6:49 AM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 6:06:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> One thing I like about a few of the cooking
>> contest shows, especially "Beat Bobby Flay," is the variety
>> and complexity of what people come up with in a very short
>> time.
>>
>> Same thing with "Chopped" although they often have some very
>> odd ingredients to combine.
>>
> Reasons why I rarely watch any of the cooking shows. Very little
> useable cooking going on, it's all about 'contests' and who can I
> beat and what weird shit can I try to convince people to cook.
> Cooking should be fun and enjoyable not a freak show carnival.
>>


And to obfuscate that fact, the bound back and forth between cooks. I
call them basketball games.

On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 10:27:24 AM UTC-10, 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?
>
> --
> Rich

This is the expected results when people learn to cook from books instead of humans.

On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 11:22:20 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 10:27:24 AM UTC-10, 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?
> >
> > --
> > Rich
> This is the expected results when people learn to cook from books instead of humans.

You might enjoy this book:

<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RZFCPMD>

The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

I'm partway through it.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 5:20:18 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 11:22:20 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 10:27:24 AM UTC-10, 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?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rich
> > This is the expected results when people learn to cook from books instead of humans.
> You might enjoy this book:
>
> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RZFCPMD>
>
> The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
>
> I'm partway through it.

I'm 4th on the waiting list at the library as of a couple of days ago.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

--Bryan

On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 15:15:22 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RZFCPMD

The first review on Amazon is very long and not at all laudatory.

On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:27:19 -0700 (PDT), 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?

I don't measure for any soup, the pot I choose is my measure, when the
pot is full everything is perfectly measured. If your potatoes take
too long to cook dice them smaller. However I rarely include potatoes
in soups, there are other starchs I prefer. Last night's dinner was a
12 egg potato cheese omelet, we'll eat the other half tonight.
Sometimes it gets diced SPAM.