>>>>> 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.
Then there's the difference in a 'splat' as in Tabasco and a 'glug' as in
wine. Polly