Comments on: Saturday afternoon, the way I like it http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/ making things, doing things Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:50:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joelle http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Joelle Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:30:34 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-330 That ought to work reasonably well K, since the ingredients will still be proportionate to each other. Mmm, I'm hungry. That ought to work reasonably well K, since the ingredients will still be proportionate to each other.

Mmm, I’m hungry.

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Kirsty Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:44:27 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-329 Whenever a recipe has called for cups, I've just used a mug - is that wrong? My gingerbread recipe has a mug of sugar, a mug of butter, etc. Whenever a recipe has called for cups, I’ve just used a mug – is that wrong? My gingerbread recipe has a mug of sugar, a mug of butter, etc.

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Vanessa Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:08:05 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-326 Of course I now have the reverse problems! Fortunately my mum never cooked metrically so her recipes work quite well in America, but trying to follow British recipes in generall leads me to much googling of conversion charts. Trader Joe's banana bread (just add eggs and milk) is worryingly delicious - far to tempting to pass of as genuinely homemade! Of course I now have the reverse problems! Fortunately my mum never cooked metrically so her recipes work quite well in America, but trying to follow British recipes in generall leads me to much googling of conversion charts. Trader Joe’s banana bread (just add eggs and milk) is worryingly delicious – far to tempting to pass of as genuinely homemade!

]]> By: Joelle http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Joelle Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:26:29 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-324 That's because cups measure quantity, not weight, so it will vary depending on the food. For example a cup of sugar would weigh more than a cup of marshmallows. Come to that, grated onion would weigh more than sliced as you'd fit more in the cup. <a href="http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm" rel="nofollow">Here's a converter</a> where you can enter the food type and it works it out for you for anything from gummi bears to molasses. You may also need their <a href="http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking_butter.htm" rel="nofollow">butter conversions</a> as American butter sticks are differently sized to UK blocks - roughly just short of half a block = 1 stick. Now go forth and bake cookies! That’s because cups measure quantity, not weight, so it will vary depending on the food. For example a cup of sugar would weigh more than a cup of marshmallows. Come to that, grated onion would weigh more than sliced as you’d fit more in the cup.

Here’s a converter where you can enter the food type and it works it out for you for anything from gummi bears to molasses.

You may also need their butter conversions as American butter sticks are differently sized to UK blocks – roughly just short of half a block = 1 stick.

Now go forth and bake cookies!

]]> By: Peter http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Peter Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:48:57 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-323 It's SO infuriating that there's no easy conversion tables for cups to ounces :o@ Even Saint Delia of Food doesn't do one :o( It’s SO infuriating that there’s no easy conversion tables for cups to ounces :o@

Even Saint Delia of Food doesn’t do one :o(

]]> By: Sonja http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Sonja Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:29:24 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-315 They look amazing. I can verify that if you pop in on Jo on any given weekend (or weekday, or weekmoment, for that matter) she is guaranteed to give good cake and full teapot action. There is always a baked good at hand. Good job on getting the measuring cups, I've cast aside many a good-looking recipe due to not getting the whole cups thing. They look amazing. I can verify that if you pop in on Jo on any given weekend (or weekday, or weekmoment, for that matter) she is guaranteed to give good cake and full teapot action. There is always a baked good at hand. Good job on getting the measuring cups, I’ve cast aside many a good-looking recipe due to not getting the whole cups thing.

]]> By: Andree http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Andree Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:35:50 +0000 http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/saturday-afternoon-the-way-i-like-it/#comment-314 Oooh, they look yummy! You could even kid yourself they're healty too, with nuts, oats and apricots (ignore the sugar!) I was a having a sofa/newspaper/pot of tea weekend too... til I remembered that the Club for which I'm treasurer has its AGM in less than two weeks. So now I'm doing something perilously close to the dayjob - poring over speadsheets of figures - to finalise the accounts! Oooh, they look yummy! You could even kid yourself they’re healty too, with nuts, oats and apricots (ignore the sugar!) I was a having a sofa/newspaper/pot of tea weekend too… til I remembered that the Club for which I’m treasurer has its AGM in less than two weeks. So now I’m doing something perilously close to the dayjob – poring over speadsheets of figures – to finalise the accounts!

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