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

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:12:35 -0500, 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.


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