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| CindyG |
Posted - Sep 25 2013 : 08:43:55 AM
Hello ladies,
For anyone lucky enough to have recipes from previous generations, you may have hit the same dilemma I have: the language of non-standardized measurement. Or is it the non-standardized language of measurement? I think it is both.
What has been your experience with things like the recipe instruction "butter the size of an egg". I waaaaay overdid it with my Grandma's recipe for cherry pudding, which is really a soft baked loose bread pudding kind of thing, but when you make it with too much butter you get a very unappealing wad of yuck.
Does anyone have a translation guide for recipes from 1930 or earlier? I'm kidding but not because can imagine with how inventive and resourceful this group is that someone out there has figured this out.
Thanks-
Cindy
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Sep 29 2013 : 2:35:36 PM
Got a recipe from my MIL the other day which calls for a 15 cent bag of fritos! So funny!
Marianne |
| CindyG |
Posted - Sep 28 2013 : 10:13:22 AM
This is just funny. In talking to my mom about the recipe, she doesn't remember it EVER turning out right unless her mom made it!
In mentioning this to a friend, she said Ree "Pioneer Woman" Drummond has a "Cherry Cake Pudding" that is delicious. I googled it and it certainly looks right. I think I'll give her recipe a try very soon. |
| queenmushroom |
Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 2:33:15 PM
One thing to keep in mind, butter was made in balls hence round butter molds and dishes.
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 06:48:21 AM
Glad you liked the link, it is fun to look at what they called measurements before standardized measuring utensils came into being. I look forward to hearing your cherry pudding came out perfect. Can't wait to see the recipe either!
Keep baking!
Dawn in IL |
| CindyG |
Posted - Sep 26 2013 : 10:32:59 PM
Hi Dawn,
Thanks for the link to that cool site! I'll give that cherry pudding another try soon, and if it turns out, I'll post the "translated" recipe.
Cindy |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Sep 26 2013 : 8:59:07 PM
Thanks for sharing that Dawn!
I have a lot of my mom's and grandmom's recipes that call for a size can like a number 2 can of something and I don't know what size that is but I am going to look it up now.
Hopefully I figure it out.
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
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Psalm 119:105
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Sep 25 2013 : 5:18:57 PM
Well Cindy, you got my curiosity up and I found this link on the internet for Heirloom Weights & Measures: http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly//bloldconvert.htm
The answer is at the bottom of the page, 1/4 cup or 2 ounces. I hope your recipe works with this measurement! By the way, please share it when you can. It sounds delicious!
Dawn in IL |
