I have difficulty using those knives with guides; for me, that guide gets in the way, and my slices are not even in the least! With using the ruler, then, say, if you want one half an inch thickness, do you find the one half inch mark, and stand it up to see how thick or high that is, and then apply the association to say, like, cookie dough? I have always had trouble with such concepts, too! Sandy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rhonda Scott Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] What's the best way to judge thickness Hi Nancy, The way I do it is kind of weird, but kind of sort of works for me. I have one of those Braille rulers that has centimeters marked on one side, inches on the other. When a recipe says to slice something 1/2 inch thick, I feel the inch marked on my ruler and find the line that marks a half inch. Then I slice and pretty much just make my best guess. I'm not good with the knives that have a guide either. Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:00 PM Subject: [CnD] What's the best way to judge thickness Hi everyone, Recipes will say to roll out dough to ½ inch thick. I realize this would make a difference in cooking time, etc. Please give me your input about how to judge thickness. I also am not good at slicing things to a specified thickness. I never found those knives with a guide to be that handy. I realize a mandolin would help with slicing. Thanks in advance, Nancy Martin Oklahoma _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
