Guy's,
Let's not get too hung up about the chefspoon. I mean, how many recipes on here ask you to use a sixth of a chefspoon for this or an eighth of a chefspoon for that, none that I can think of? The only time a chefspoon is mentioned in a recipe on here, is for the inclusion of a 'larger than a tbs' amount of ingredients? Usually, those ingredients include, base gravy, diluted tom puree/paste, oil, chopped onion/pepper, nothing that's really going to drastically alter the flavour if you go over or under by a couple of grams/ml
I would be more worried for instance, if an Australian member, born and bred, was posting recipes using tbs as their unit of choice and were expecting recipe followers to read their tbs as 20ml when infact, we (Brits) seem to have adopted 15ml as our measurement for a tbs. An extra 5ml of spice masala, chilli powder, GG paste is going to make so much more difference to the flavour of any dish than a few extra ml of oil, diluted tom puree, chopped onion/pepper or base gravy...!
I'm getting a bit pissed off with this phrase being banded about in the way that it is. The "monkey sees, monkey does" method is how we learn, grow, develop, progress. It is what makes us human, primate even. Why do you insist on using this term as though it is some kind of inferior approach on things? It is a logical approach to things, where else would you start?
You say that that method pervades here? How do you know that it does, based on a few members accounts of how they have said that they do things, from time to time?
I boil my onions whole in a base, Why? because I saw Chewytikka do it, monkey sees, monkey does? no, not at all. This monkey did it because he saw another monkey do it, but more importantly, this monkey wanted to know why the other monkey did it that way. Now this monkey thinks he knows why, and is glad he saw the other monkey do it first. Many thanks Chewymonkey ;D So as you see, you have to start with the method that you so object to, to gain further understanding, especially, if the knowledge is not readily on offer from the ever elusive BIR's and TA's.
Spicey, did you not join this forum in the hope of finding the ultimate curry recipe? If so, then are you not just as guilty of hoping to use the "monkey sees, monkey does" approach? Or did you join knowing that the recipes, methods, techniques and level of experience would not be upto your high standards?
Ray
Let's not get too hung up about the chefspoon. I mean, how many recipes on here ask you to use a sixth of a chefspoon for this or an eighth of a chefspoon for that, none that I can think of? The only time a chefspoon is mentioned in a recipe on here, is for the inclusion of a 'larger than a tbs' amount of ingredients? Usually, those ingredients include, base gravy, diluted tom puree/paste, oil, chopped onion/pepper, nothing that's really going to drastically alter the flavour if you go over or under by a couple of grams/ml
I would be more worried for instance, if an Australian member, born and bred, was posting recipes using tbs as their unit of choice and were expecting recipe followers to read their tbs as 20ml when infact, we (Brits) seem to have adopted 15ml as our measurement for a tbs. An extra 5ml of spice masala, chilli powder, GG paste is going to make so much more difference to the flavour of any dish than a few extra ml of oil, diluted tom puree, chopped onion/pepper or base gravy...!
Quote from: spiceyokooko on January 06, 2012, 03:32 PM
This is just part of this 'monkey sees monkey does' cooking philosophy that seems to pervade here that I so object to.
I'm getting a bit pissed off with this phrase being banded about in the way that it is. The "monkey sees, monkey does" method is how we learn, grow, develop, progress. It is what makes us human, primate even. Why do you insist on using this term as though it is some kind of inferior approach on things? It is a logical approach to things, where else would you start?
You say that that method pervades here? How do you know that it does, based on a few members accounts of how they have said that they do things, from time to time?
I boil my onions whole in a base, Why? because I saw Chewytikka do it, monkey sees, monkey does? no, not at all. This monkey did it because he saw another monkey do it, but more importantly, this monkey wanted to know why the other monkey did it that way. Now this monkey thinks he knows why, and is glad he saw the other monkey do it first. Many thanks Chewymonkey ;D So as you see, you have to start with the method that you so object to, to gain further understanding, especially, if the knowledge is not readily on offer from the ever elusive BIR's and TA's.
Spicey, did you not join this forum in the hope of finding the ultimate curry recipe? If so, then are you not just as guilty of hoping to use the "monkey sees, monkey does" approach? Or did you join knowing that the recipes, methods, techniques and level of experience would not be upto your high standards?
Ray
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;D ;D