From: Ellen K. 

Yum!    :)

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:53:04 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote
in message :

>
>SOmething along these lines.
>
>http://www.basic-recipes.com/r/cap/caponata3.htm
>
>  /m
>
>
>
>On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:03:14 -0700, Ellen K. 
>wrote:
>
>>What's caponata?
>>
>>On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:14:44 -0400, Mike '/m'
 wrote in
>>message :
>>
>>>
>>>Yesterday I made a batch of caponata.  I wish I knew what I put in it
because
>>>it was the best-tasting batch I ever made.  ;-)
>>>
>>> /m
>>>
>>>
>>>On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:26:25 -0700, Ellen K.

>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Actually in my family (the side that knows how to cook) we don't use
>>>>actual "recipes" either.   One of my aunts asked
my (late) great aunt
>>>>for her challah recipe and it's hysterical "a handful
of salt", "half a
>>>>glass of water", etc.  Whose hand?  Which glass?   Who
knows?!   :)
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:38:23 +0300, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>>>> wrote in message
:
>>>>
>>>>>"Geo"  wrote in
message news:4250af90{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> European recipes typically use weight.  My ex
used to make a cake that
>>>>>>> called for 500 g flour, 500 g butter and 500 g
sugar.   I think
actually
>>>>>>> this is how "pound cake" got its
name, a pound of each of those.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so euro kitchens have a scale in them instead of a
measuring cup?
>>>>>
>>>>>Not me, I only know two measurements: a lot and a
little. A lot is a
handful
>>>>>(I've got big hands), and a little is, well, also a
handful (because it's
>>>>>only one hand). Most of the time I just wing it.
>>>>>
>>>>>...surprisingly, many people like my cookings!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Antti Kurenniemi
>>>>>

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