Ratios

[farfoodle]

While perusing my cookbooks, I realised one book I had might interest this group. It's called 'Ratios' and shows how a lot of things you can cook can be broken down into the simple ratios of ingredients. This is especially true for baked goods and batters, but could apply to other things too. Might be handy to know when you're out and about and want to make something without taking scales or measuring equipment.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ratio-Simple-Behind-Everyday-Cooking/dp/1416571728

 

[bilmo-p5]

This is how your Granny cooked.

 

[Gaudette]

Yep that's how my Grandad taught me.

 

[British Red]

I find it helpful also to translate all recipes to volumes. Knowing its 170g of flour is hopeless without scales - but 200ml is easy if you have a measuring jug or marked mug

 

[GGTBod]

I was just gonna say this is how my gran showed my maw and my maw showed me, everything was measured in tablespoons heaped or level and pinches of this or that and she was always bang on in regard to making it right for the right amount of eaters, i never even seen a kitchen scale until i got my own place, first thing i done was weighed a heaped and a level tablespoon of various stuff and then went back to using sponsworths as i was not happy with the extra washing up created to use the scales for everything, trebled the work

 

[bilmo-p5]

Just about the earliest culinary rule of thumb I learned was that a heaped tbsp of flour is an oz.

 

[farfoodle]

I cook most things using volume rather than weight - saves a lot of faffing.