On Jan 22, 7:12*pm, S Viemeister > wrote:
> On 1/22/2013 1:48 PM, sf wrote:> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:28:09 -0500, "Christopher M."
> > > wrote:
>
> >> 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?
>
> A walnut.

Is that shelled, unshelled, or still in the husk?