accuracy of cure #1 amount?

[chef jimmyj]

Nice Scale Dave, at a great price. I agree that accuracy is important with cure. Especially dealing with large and or multiple batches. Too much room for mistakes to occur.
On Repeatability. I was always fascinated by watching Grandma cook. I learned at her side to make her Sunday Gravy. Not a scale, measuring cup or measuring spoon in the area. Everything was measured by eye and hand. I ate her Sauce countless times until she passed when I was 30 years old. The Sunday Gravy's flavor was the same everytime! I had made it for years by hand and eye myself until family and friends asked for the recipe. It was then that it was converted to measurement and shared...JJ

 

[indaswamp]

My Grandma cooked the same way JJ.....

 

[HalfSmoked]

Didn't they all? Yup mine did and took a lot of her recipes with her.

Warren

 

[indaswamp]

I still can't make biscuits like she could...I think they are pretty good, and people rave about them, but they ain't like grandmas! She could make them blindfolded and when she kneeded the dough, she went by feel. Sometimes she would only kneed then 8 times, sometimes up to 20. When I asked her, she said "the flour tells me how to work it."
By that I think she was referring to how much moisture the flour held. Ambient temp. has a lot to do with it too....