[Sca-cooks] Adventures in redaction...LONG

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 10:03 AM 4/27/03 -0400, you wrote:
>On 26 Apr 2003, at 23:13, Laura C. Minnick wrote:
>
>> Next- the crust. I was just going to make up my standard 'rich' crust,
>> flour, butter, salt, a little milk, and an egg. Ok, but I only wanted one
>> crust, and my recipe makes two. No problem, I can cut the recipe.
>>
>> Did I mention I was not thinking clearly? I cut the flour in half. I cut
>> the salt in half I cut the milk in a little less than half because you
>> can't cut an egg in half.
>
>Well, you can.  Beat the egg well.  A large egg is about 3-1/4 tablespoons in
>volume.  Use a measuring spoon to scoop out half of that.

Oh for dumb. Hadn't thought of that. I was just... did I mention I wasn't
thinking clearly? ;-)

>> I forgot to cut the butter in half.
>
>Ouch!

Yup. The 'crust' was pretty icky.

My favorite part was the bacon, which isn't in the original recipe...

'Lainie
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