After pondering the situation for a couple of minutes, I decided to spread the
dough out onto a round pizza pan. But there were several sizes of those in the
cabinet, too. None of them had a measurement on the bottom. How could I figure out which one would work the best?
Fortunately, I had just read an article about
using my body parts
to measure things without a ruler.
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The recommended rectangular pan had an area of 150 square inches. According to the article, the distance from my bent elbow to the tips of my fingers was approximately 18 inches. The first pan I tried came halfway up my hand and I guessed it was 14 inches in diameter, and so the radius (half of the diameter) would be 7 inches. I didn't have a pencil with me to do the figuring, so I used an internet calculator to find out the pizza pan area was 153.94 square inches, which was close enough to the target size for me.
It took a little work to maneuver the rectangular sheet of dough into the circular pan, but the resulting crust was just the right thickness.
Five years ago: Father's Day 2018
Sounds delicious
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty good, but in my opinion could have used some marinara or salsa dipping sauce.
DeleteThat was a clever way to figure it out. It sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteIf the dish shows up again some improvements will be made, but overall it was pretty good.
DeleteI am impressed!
ReplyDeleteThank you :-)
DeleteYou are so clever and resourceful. I just had Breakfast Fried Rice with Habanero Pork Belly and it was sublime...food porn photo of it will be in a future post. I also had Breakfast Pasta...also delicious...who knew... Dawn the Bohemian
ReplyDeleteBreakfast fried rice! Breakfast pasta! Now I have to Google those and find inspiration.
DeleteGoogle Snooze Menu... it's a creative restaurant for Breakfast and Brunch
DeleteI took a look, and now I'm HUNGRY!
DeleteYour breakfast sounds awesome and I have used the body parts to help measure stuff many times. Mrs. Shife laughs at me but it is pretty darn accurate in a pinch.
ReplyDeleteI'll use you as a measuring role model.
DeleteInteresting information! I always use my bent index finger to measure an inch between my 1st and 2nd knuckle. That breakfast pizza does sound good!
ReplyDeleteThe 'knuckle inch' was the only one I was familiar with.
DeleteNice hack, using body part measuring.
ReplyDeleteI've been known to misplace my tools, but my body parts are always available!
DeleteA whole lot of effort but it's the results that count.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes forget the church kitchen doesn't have all the equipment my own personal kitchen has and have to scramble.
DeleteI have used my arms to measure fabric forever. You hold on end of the fabric between the thumb and forefinger, turn your head in the opposite direction and hold the other end to your nose. That is a yard. Works like a charm and no matter who does it, it always works.
ReplyDeleteWhy are round pizzas served in square boxes and cut in triangles?
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Some of the mysteries of the universe.
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