I seldom cook from recipes although I read a lot of them. Today I was looking at one which went into meticulous detail to the nearest milliliter about how much vinegar to add then suggested I use half a red onion. The colour of the onion is irrelevant. What I want I know is "how much onion is half an onion?" Which onion?
Here are three red onions found today in a local store. Which one should I use half of?
Do recipe writers ever read their recipes? Or do their editors? This is far from an isolated example. I see such absurdities all the time.
27 milligrams of this and a pinch of salt? Whose pinch? What is a large pinch?
A thumb of ginger. Whose thumb?
I've even been advised to add a tickle of spice to a dish! My reply to that is not publishable on a family friendly site such as this.
Grrr!
