From: Ellen K. 

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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