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[pensnest]

How does one measure 3/4 cup butter without going mad?

Seriously. I don't use cup measurements often, but butter measured in a cup sounds ridiculous. What do I do?

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[solariana.livejournal.com]

Be thankful you didn't have to learn to cook from my mother.

Me: "How much *whatever* should I put in?"
Mom (from the other room): "Oh, about yea (yay) much."
Me: "How much is yea much?"
Mom (holding her hands or fingers so far apart): "You know, about so."

On top of that, she often used the term *yea much*, but at one point it may mean a cup or two or a teaspoon another time, or a pinch yet another time. There is NO consistency to the measuring of *yea much*!

[pensnest]

Ahaha! That's actually how I measure most of the things I cook - if it looks 'about right' it'll probably do. Which is not terribly helpful if I'm trying to transmit a recipe (or method) to someone else!