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My grandma's handwritten bread recipe had 'a knob of butter' and I still don't know how much that is
I found her old recipe card last weekend and it made me realize how much baking has changed from feel and instinct to exact grams and thermometers, has anyone else struggled with a family recipe that just assumed you knew what you were doing?
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william_torres19d ago
Always thought grams were fussy, but grandma's 'knob' taught me the old way had soul.
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taylor_miller1019d ago
Oh man, @william_torres hit the nail on the head about the old way having soul! My buddy Jen tried to make her abuela's arroz con pollo last month and the recipe just said "a splash of oil and some sofrito." She spent two hours on the phone with her mom trying to figure out what "some" meant. Finally her mom just said "enough until it feels right in your heart." So Jen just poured and hoped for the best. It turned out amazing but she still has no idea how much she actually used.
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grantmartinez18d ago
and honestly @taylor_miller10, isn't that the whole point though? if grandma's recipe was written down in grams and milliliters, it would probably taste like a math problem instead of love. sometimes you just gotta let your gut do the measuring.
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