Hell's Kitchen

[enteirah]

Hmm... I knew I wasn't exactly in practice when it comes to cooking things, but it wasn't until I just looked at a recipe sheet that I realised just how bad I am! I mean, when something says '1 cup chopped onion', the first thing I think of is 'What the hell size is the cup?'. =:o Oh, and what in Frith's name is Marsala wine? Gah, where's that Red Panda when you need him? =;)

(edit: And sorry for the delay in replies to comments. There's a bug somewhere in Mozilla Mail which causes it to randomly stop actually syncing email when I tell it to sync email, without me even realising. I only got my notifications hours later! =:\)

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Well, what sizre is a 'cup'? It's an absurd measurement, especially in US-land where one is expected somehow to measure a cup of butter.

[enteirah]

A cup of Butter? What the hell... =:S

[cybernet3000.livejournal.com]

URGH!!! I hate measuring a cup of butter... I used to have to do it all the time in Food class, it is messy and gross and inefficient and URGH!!!

[cybernet3000.livejournal.com]

Well you see that's when you have a kulinary kitten to do all that stuff for you *grins*

[enteirah]

*chuckles* Ah, if you so insist, you can cook something sometime, although I wouldn't like to think of you slaving away over a cooker for all that time. Mind you, this particular thing I'm looking at really does have to be done by me... =;)

[befrafa.livejournal.com]

when something says '1 cup chopped onion', the first thing I think of is 'What the hell size is the cup?'

I suppose that all depends on a number of variables - "how big is the onion?", for example... And more importantly - how much onion can you take, anyway?! =:-P It's funny how these humble vegetables keep popping up, though...must be part of some secret plan... =;-)>

[enteirah]

No.... it's all in the onions. They're all coming to get me. Aha ha haaaaaa! =;)

[befrafa.livejournal.com]

Watch out - there's an onion behind you! =:-o>

[twosheds.livejournal.com]

Maybe this here helps:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001723.html

And Marsala wine

http://wine.about.com/library/types/bl_marsala.htm

Or just use sherry.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Roughly speaking (and after all, unless it's something like a cake, where the actual ratios really do determine the end result, the quantities are usually just a matter of taste anyway), I'd call a cup something like a British teacup, or around half to two-thirds of a mug. But then, I virtually never follow recipes' quantities, just their flavor suggestions and rough quantities. ^_^ Much more fun to just make it up as one goes along, as when I first tried making pad thai, also the first time I'd cooked with lemongrass. Mmm, lemongrass..

Good call on sherry! Maybe I'd add a dash of port, too, but sweet sherry should give the desired effect nicely.

And now we're all wondering: how did it turn out? ^_^

[enteirah]

Hmm, well I do have a few good reasons to follow this particular recipe to the letter, the most notable of which being that I can't cook in the first place so daren't experiment. =:P I expect the thing I'm looking at is going to taste vile anyway, but I'm not making it for it's taste...

how did it turn out?

Oh, it hasn't been done yet. For now, I'm just looking...

*Continues to become increasingly suspicious...*

[enteirah]

Oooh, now those pages do look useful. =:) Thanks alot. *bookmarks them*

[eliki.livejournal.com]

*Grins* Hence, I never cook. ;)