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What's your secret ingredient that makes your version of a common dish better than anyone else's? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine probably isn't that secret these days, but almost every sauce I add nutritional yeast to. Curry, chilli, bolognese, it just makes them all better.

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[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

A (1) teaspoon might be used as a measurement. 1/32 of a Teaspoon is asinine.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Admittedly, yeah. Technically in the US’s stupid system that should be “a half pinch.”

A pinch being 1/16 teaspoon.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lol, of course they have a name for it

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are all those recipes that call for a "pinch of this" or a "dash of that" suddenly making more sense to you?

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just thought it meant "a bit", and it basically does because noone can really measure a 16th of a teaspoon

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

https://www.amazon.ca/New-Star-Foodservice-42924-Stainless/dp/B00KH9PSNI/ref=sr_1_5?crid=24TF4K7MC3895&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WYeWQitEX9uwly8bXFdyoViknsh1Pe8fIAf-yFy_Z7qjDuZWj9V21l7Qi5nB2je0c02idYDOjTITRf84ZJKMhrVHHLlXfeIWDjjH5q1XzYxl6-2oh2fxfe2mSbX896ukCvxXnuANaUNWpgscWfi6A6IfGUh_sR6KGIwh04dHLdUHBwxWgo3QuJb8MRNWM5FI8-h98hHH9sDbFTk7guN-qEpMrTQsz1p5pkVWNXPUmhFo-dWm9K07P-pfst8RcpleENcq3nx-0ofPpiXLZUHiS46P0MTBa7BENAkpOvt0CcY.PZUvD6kDG6pomISe-ulk1nTV-zlJsKoZ5mac8tf55RE&dib_tag=se&keywords=micro%2Bmeasuring%2Bspoons&qid=1711050212&sprefix=micro%2Bmea%2Caps%2C365&sr=8-5&th=1

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I knew dash and pinch, I didn’t know tad, smidgen, or drop. Fascinating.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's not a teaspoon. I didn't say you couldn_t measure arbritrary amounts of stuff, just eyeballing a 16th of a teaspoon is not something you can do accurately

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Look i don't know what your dumb ass is on about, you can't eyeball the amount if you use milliliters either.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They literally make the spoons for measuring it.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what the fuck are you talking about? They didn't make teaspoons for measurement purposes... It's right there in the name.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

is this a joke or are you just retarded?