"James Silverton" > wrote in message
news
> Giusi wrote on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:10:54 +0100:
>
>>>> when he mentions using olive oil without the measurement, he
>>>> keeps using the word "Glug of olive oil", what does this
>>>> mean? How much oil>> should I use?
>>>>
>>>> example
>>>> "Get a really large frying pan on the heat and add a glug of
>>>> olive oil"
>>>
>>> It;s a glug, the way real cooks do it. No one who knows what they are
>>> doing measures oil to put in a frying pan.
>
> I guess, it's one of those times where the quality of the result really
> does not depend much on the amount of oil so silly quantities can be
> given.
>

Are you an engineer?