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taxy, so how would you know that they are using a non-standard size stick of butter?
Only by the time you find out you've already made the recipe.
Yeah, that occurred to me too. I guess you have to read the comments and see if people think the recipe worked well. And this is one of the reasons I prefer recipes from trusted sites and the ones recommended by people here.
 
Measuring is the reason that I rarely bake......I rarely measure. I grew up on "a dash of this, a pinch of that." Of course, a dash is a half of a pinch. "Butter the size of a hen's egg." Are we talking about Granny's hens or Memaws? Granny's hens laid HUGE eggs. Then there is "add two half-shells of water." And there are the "throw in two handfuls of [fill in the blank]"

But you know, I love those old recipes. Even ones that call for 50 cents of beef. :love:
 
Measuring is the reason that I rarely bake......I rarely measure. I grew up on "a dash of this, a pinch of that." Of course, a dash is a half of a pinch. "Butter the size of a hen's egg." Are we talking about Granny's hens or Memaws? Granny's hens laid HUGE eggs. Then there is "add two half-shells of water." And there are the "throw in two handfuls of [fill in the blank]"

But you know, I love those old recipes. Even ones that call for 50 cents of beef. :love:
Well, the two half shells of water will get you the right proportion of water to go with that particular egg. I'll have to remember that one.
 
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