FW: SC - big spice question

[Bonne of Traquair]

>I've seen the occurrence of it takes less spice for the large dish 
than the
>small several times but it has always been when the spices used for 
the
>trial came from my spices in my kitchen and the spices for the feast 
were
>purchased just before the feast. 

I think you have hit the nail on the head here.  Whether for a feast 
or just a big meal at home I'm likely to have bought brand new spices 
if I'm cooking a larger than usual amount.

On the other hand, it seems people are taking "you won't need as much 
as mathmatically indicated" to mean "the mathematically correct amount 
is way too much".  Which isn't what I meant.  I meant that when I've 
made 2x, 3x, 4x batches of recipes, sometimes with spice already on 
hand, sometimes with fresh stuff, I add half to three-quarters of the 
mathmatically correct amount of spice, taste it and it tastes fine.  
The remaining amount of spice wouldn't improve it, so why add it?   
Might as well save the spice.  

Bonne

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