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To: doorgunner69
I tend to be an embodiment of my profession (engineer) and meticulously measure everything.

SHAME on you! All those precise measurements are totally useless, unless you are also compensating for the changes due to the mixing/slurrying/cooking properties of dry ingredients due to both the current relative humidity, and their age and storage conditions; and changes in cooking temperatures & times due to your current pressure altitude affecting boiling point(s).

You need to apply a set of properly calibrated correction tables to be used in conjunction with an accurate barometer & relative humidity reading, at the very least.

Or do what a lot of us do quite successfully: wing it by experienced eyeball for most things. LOL

My late FIL was an engineer; he was hardly ever allowed in the kitchen, other than for snacks or sandwiches.

56 posted on 07/16/2011 10:31:51 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: ApplegateRanch
My late FIL was an engineer; he was hardly ever allowed in the kitchen

LOL! I do 99% of the cooking now that I am retired.....and have a mostly relaxing time doing it. Intense concentration, sure, but mostly relaxed (until I screw up).

That said, my wife knows to stay clear once the knives and pans start flashing: serious business at hand. Mebbe some day I will achieve the nonchalance of the real chef and stop being a kitchen technician...........

58 posted on 07/16/2011 10:56:11 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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