Ever use a recipe that asks for a pinch, a dollop, smidgen, or a trace of an ingredient? It would be no problem if you were a chef, and used to these amounts on a daily basis. I’m what you call a home cook, or used to be anyway, and was used to eyeballing amounts.
When shopping with a friend in a kitchen shop, I found a set of measuring spoons that included these measurements. Cool item to have “just in case”.
The Bag Lady 
Woah … some trolling going on from Lost Property? Regardless, smidgen? A small amount.
Most recipes are about eyeballing, unless baking. Hey I’m with non uni tasking group and do not subscribe to uni tasking gadgets. They just add to clutter … The rest I can figure for myself. !/4 tsp trace and smidgen, are terms I can deal with without a uni tasker. Cheers Jamie
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The best thing I found was a teaspoon set with an eighth of a tsp measurement. I used it everyday for making my oatmeal.😉
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He’s a friend.
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1/8th of a tsp. My, that’s a small bowl of porridge …. hehe
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Salt. Doing it by hand never worked well.
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Yes, of course. Just a small tease …. sorry! Cheers Jamie.
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No problem, like your input.
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Soupçon? Google, here I come!
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oh how cool is that? I am now perusing the bloggosphere for a set for my very own. I wonder though if it has a measure for a “soupcon”?
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Unless it’s got a measurement for a poofteenth, a tad or a bees tit, you can not hope to measure things properly.
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Tad is in there, pooftenth?
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You have some learning to do if you don’t know what a poofteenth is
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Looked up poofteenth. One meaning fine, other is disgusting! Yuck!
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Well maybe you shouldn’t look things up
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Did you know the other meaning? Don’t answer that, I’ve been sitting for the ten yr old terror all day…..just a warning.
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I don’t know either meaning. We’ve used such terms for measurement for a lot longer than the internet has been around and I’m fairly sure Mr Oxford didn’t include it in his book last time I read it. Did you also look up a bee’s tit?
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No, pita, I did not.
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I can’t like or leave comments on your site. Fyi
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Contact WP they will tell you it’s my self hosted site and they can’t fix it.
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But I did read!🤠
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You still didn’t have to look it up. I’m glad I didn’t write some of the others terms we use if you had to look up poofteenth
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Yes, I have two old Vermont cookbooks and som ancient handwritten ones 😉
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A dollop, smidgen and a trace? My goodness! Now you have to find a recipe that has those so you can at least use them huh? 😀
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Ha! We have a set like that too! It is helpful, especially when using an older recipe. 😃
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