Chatty Cathy wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>>
>>
>> THE TIME IS RIGHT to abolish pinches, drops, dashes, etc. in recipes.
>> Just might as well leave them out of the recipe OR at least double up.
>
> You forgot to mention a "splosh" <hic>
>

In German recipes, there was (perhaps still is) the measure "Eine
Messerspitze", which translate to "The Tip Of The Blade Of A Knife".