Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[nonsequitur]

kowalski655 said:

48Valves said:

People (usually Americans) who call pizzas pies.

Isnt that because the Chicago version is very much like a deep dish pie with raised sides, as opposed to the Noo Yok style that we are used to

Or that pizza's used to have a pastry top, in't olden days.

[captain_cynic]

hooblah said:

When following a recipe, why do they give me measurements in cups!? Quarter cup of this, 2 cups of that blah blah blah. What fkwittery is this? How is a cup a form of measurement? Grams, millilitres, ounces are standard measurements. Not a fking cup! I have cups of many sizes. May as well tell me how many key bumps of flour I need for all it matters.

Cold said:

Conveniently it's possible to buy standard cup measures to keep in your kitchen drawer to help with your cooking. The cup measures come as, er, spoons.

Yep, cups (250 ml) and spoons (1tbsp = 15 ml) have been metricised and just about any measure you buy these days is metric.

However the ambiguous measurements that you see in recipes annoy the living fk out of me. How much is a "knob" of butter? I know that depends on one's frame of reference but I've got no idea what frame the author is using and to me a knob is quite a large object. Same with a dash, splash or the horrid "wine glass" of something (for which I blame Jamie fking Oliver). Pinch I can kind of abide because it describes a process of picking up a powder with your fingers but its often used incorrectly.

[Big Nanas]

hooblah said:

When following a recipe, why do they give me measurements in cups!? Quarter cup of this, 2 cups of that blah blah blah. What fkwittery is this? How is a cup a form of measurement? Grams, millilitres, ounces are standard measurements. Not a fking cup! I have cups of many sizes. May as well tell me how many key bumps of flour I need for all it matters.

I used hate this too until someone pointed out that it means a recipe can easily be tailored in size to whatever you want. So say the recipe states '2 cups of pasta for 4 people' pretty much anyone can work out that 1 cup of pasta would be the right amount for 2 people etc.

It's ratios innit.

[Shakermaker]

kowalski655 said:

48Valves said:

People (usually Americans) who call pizzas pies.

Isnt that because the Chicago version is very much like a deep dish pie with raised sides, as opposed to the Noo Yok style that we are used to

Yes.

A pizza pie is a specific type of pizza (or, a specific type of pie I suppose) and both have their place in the beautiful culinary landscape

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captain_cynic said:

If using the kitchen scales is only "20% slower" you mustn't be very fast. I can use a cup measure in less than half the time of getting out the scales, finding a separate, clean bowl to put on them and zeroing it properly. Then I've also got another dish to clean.

Also, if you've got lots of different cup measures, throw them all out and get a single metric set, they're only £3. Cup measurements are fantastic OK. I've never seen a non-metric cup. You certainly cant buy them easily today.

Maybe clean the bowls when you've used them. Then you won't have to fight through all the dirty ones to find a clean one.

Or maybe when you're mixing something ( highly likely when you're using cup measurements as they're generally found in U.S. cookbooks/web pages) just use the bowl you're mixing in and zero the scales after every ingredient.

[Big Nanas]

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[Shakermaker]

The recipe/serving suggestion amount of pasta never looks like enough when you put it in the pan -

[Cotty]

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[DRFC1879]

Sorry if we've already had this and I've missed it but there's a convention amongst the youth that really winds me up. When typing an elongated word for emphasis they simply stick a load of whatever the last letter is on the end and my brain can't deal with it. Example thus:

Somebody on social media posts a picture of their new car and it get's a positive reaction. So to represent the verbal elongation of an approving word you may expect somebody to type "That's ni-ice" or perhaps " That's niiice". You get where the word is stretched immediately and move on. But the kids these days, damn them are typing "That's niceeee."

I know what they're trying to say but my brain simply won't have it and I imagine said youngster standing there, admiring a car whilst sounding like they've just fallen down a sinkhole.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

DRFC1879 said:

I know what they're trying to say but my brain simply won't have it and I imagine said youngster standing there, admiring a car whilst sounding like they've just fallen down a sinkhole.

[Shakermaker]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

DRFC1879 said:

I know what they're trying to say but my brain simply won't have it and I imagine said youngster standing there, admiring a car whilst sounding like they've just fallen down a sinkhole.

Agree with this, it annoys me too but I hadn't really worked out quite why.

But then maybe the youth of today don't say "niiiiiiice" like we did, and actually elongate "Nicey"

[Frank7]

Roofless Toothless said:

48Valves said:

People (usually Americans) who call pizzas pies.

Especially when the moon hits your eye.

Surprised that there wasn’t more reaction to this, but
I guess that it only works on those of a certain age.
When I first heard it, I thought that Dean was singing,
“when the moon hits your eye, like a big piece of pie.”

[bernhund]

Mid email writing when Hotmail just shuts it down by telling me my session has expired. What the fk is that all about!!