My dad(never the world's most competent cook) was cooking pasta one night and - as an engineer - interpreted the measurements very strictly.
Therefore the instruction 'boil in 5/7 pints of water' was deduced to mean cook pasta in five sevenths of a pint of water!
Result: nasty, burnt mess.
(Therefore the instruction 'boil in 5/7 pints of water' was deduced to mean cook pasta in five sevenths of a pint of water!
Result: nasty, burnt mess.
splorp ®,
Thu 9 Oct 2003, 18:44,
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