That cookbook author who said 'just eye it' made me so mad

I was at a book signing last month and this famous chef told someone to just eyeball the flour for biscuits. Seriously? I tried that once and ended up with hockey pucks. My grandma always said baking is chemistry and you gotta measure exact. Anyone else have a family recipe that got ruined by vague instructions?

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betty_white3922d ago

Eighty years of baking and I still measure every single thing, @charlie_allen.

charlie_allen22d ago

Oh man, my mom's famous chili recipe literally says "add chili powder until it looks right" and I've never gotten it to taste the same twice. That chef owes us all a kitchen scale.