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Default "Glug of Oilve Oil"?

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.

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