I tried a new recipe today and the big problem I had was figuring out what sized baking dish to use. This was a really simple recipe, obviously, along the lines of "combine ingredients, place in dish, place dish in oven."
I looked at the measurements for the ingredients, a few cups of this, a few cups of that, and figured on about two quarts, maybe less, but I'd need to be sure to leave enough room for everything to expand when it cooks.
Then I looked at my pans. Hmm. 1.8 liters, 9 inches square, 9.5 inches round . So much for standard measurements. I could do the math, but there's a machine that will do it for me.
And now, oh, the window is open, and it's been raining. The breeze is damp and from the south. I can smell the tobacco curing in the warehouses across the river.
151 words | January 11, 2006 11:20 PM | Kitchen