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From: rt@cpsc53.UUCP (Ron Thompson)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: "Superstition" in Cooking
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Date: Wed, 25-Dec-85 21:38:36 EST
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> 	One thing that has always interested me in cooking is the ritual
> acts that recipes give as a guide to greater success.
> 
> 	Another is I always sift the salt and flour and other dry
> ingredients together and have yet to find ANYTHING in the screen at the
> bottom of the sifter.
> 
I always thought these steps were unnecessary so I tried it my way to
see if it made any difference.  For instance, with cookies, after the
butter and sugars are mixed the recipes always say to first sift the dry
ingredients and then add.  Well I just add the soda, salt and flour in that
order mixing each thoroughly before adding the next.  I cannot tell that
it makes any difference - if anything I think it mixes the ingredients better.
Would like to hear if there really is any good reason to do it the
traditional way.


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