[Sca-cooks] Order of ingredients

[Antonia]

On 17/11/2010 8:36 AM, David Friedman wrote:
>> The one thing I truly hate is when a recipes says something
>> like:  2 cups onions, divided.  It makes me crazy because invariably 
>> I dump
>> all 2 cups in without realizing I needed to reserve 1/2 a cup for 
>> later in
>> the recipe.  I'd prefer if the recipe calls for 1 1 /2 cups at the 
>> beginning
>> and 1/2 cup at the end for the ingredient to be listed twice.  I may be
>> alone in this but it is my preference.
>
> That's the way I'm generally doing it--listing the ingredient twice 
> with the relevant quantities. I wasn't entirely sure it was necessary, 
> so your comment is useful.



I'll just come in as the dissenting voice in this one.  If a recipe says 
2c. milk in one section and 1c. milk in another, I will *invariably* 
read the first quantity, check the fridge, and then founder later on 
when I realise I need 3c., not 2.





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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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