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Default "Pinch of" vs. "Dash of" vs. "Muddy"

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:28:09 -0500, "Christopher M."
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> Some other common terms for ingredient sizes are "pinch", and "dash", and
> "hunk of".


What always confounds me is when a recipe calls for a "knob" of
butter. What size knob are we talking about... a doorknob?

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