SC - medievaloid pork pie "recipe"

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

My kids are always playing with my measuring spoons so I find myself often
using my hands to measure.  Actually, I have discovered that the recipes
usually taste better when I use my hands and eyes for measuring than the
spoons.  I do tend to use the spoons, also, when I have to measure stuff
like baking soda or baking powder.  Don't want to over/under measure those
ingredients!

Leslie:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of Laura C Minnick
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 8:26 PM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - Cooking by "hand"
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > When I am cooking creatively, I very seldom measure anything...
> <snip>
> > Cup your
> > left palm, pour in enough salt to fill the hollow to the level
> experience
> > teaches you.  I've measured it many times, and it is always
> exactly 1 tsp.
> > Does anyone else have a reliable "hand" measurement that they use with
> > consistency?
>
> Yes and no. I do salt in my hand as you do, and sometimes spices. Other
> things by the handful, like raisins or currants. Hanfuls of flour when
> baking, because sometimes the balance is just one handfull when adjusting,
> and too much (as from a measure) will make it dry. But some things I use
> measure for, like baking soda/powder. Saturday a friend was over and I
> made my Heretical Chili and Cornbread, and I couldn't find the teaspoon to
> measure the baking soda. So I spooned it into my hand with a cereal spoon
> until it looked 'right' and made do. The cornbread turned out perfect so
> something must have worked...
>
> I have always found that trusting my 'hand' (weight) and my 'eye' (volume)
> was pretty accurate. Insticnt helps too.
>
> 'Lainie
> -
> Laura C. Minnick
> -
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> Bodleian."
> 	Humfrey Wanley, c. 1731
>
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