I recall being asked to bake a chocolate cake while in Chicago and the total chaos that ensued in trying to translate the recipe in my head (which was in ounces) into something useable in the kitchen (all for American volume measurements - even the butter!).
We started out with workings on a blackboard and in the end opted for just adding stuff until I thought it looked right.
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Date: 2009-12-14 04:49 pm (UTC)We started out with workings on a blackboard and in the end opted for just adding stuff until I thought it looked right.