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* In the ''Literature/HilaryTamar'' novel ''The Sibyl in Her Grave'', it's mentioned that Daphne is a [[LethalChef poor cook]] in part because she doesn't consider proportion, taking the attitude that if a small amount of something is good, then surely a large amount is even better. This proves especially disastrous when [[spoiler: it's not food she's preparing, but medicine. Both Isabella and Maurice die of camphor poisoning from a cold remedy prepared by Daphne.]]
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* ''Series/NailedIt'': Quite a few of the [[LethalChef hapless bakers]] on the show seem to take a fairly relaxed attitude toward measurements.


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* A surprising number of people who are good cooks are terrible bakers. Cooking tends to be much more flexible in terms of using your intuition and adjusting recipes to your own tastes, whereas baking will fail if you get the chemistry wrong. You can eyeball the amount of seasoning you put in your soup and still get soup; if you do that with yeast, your bread might not rise, or it might turn into an all-devouring blob monster.
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This is TruthInTelevision, so DontTryThisAtHome. Mismeasurements are responsible for vast amounts of human tragedy in RealLife.

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This is TruthInTelevision, so DontTryThisAtHome. TruthInTelevision and we all have done that. Please, double-check your measurements, whether you're just sewing a jewellery pouch or declogging your sink, or doing anything that requires measuring. Mismeasurements are responsible for vast amounts quite a lot of human tragedy in RealLife.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': In "[[Recap/RugratsS6E23PartnersInCrimeThumbsUp Thumbs Up]]", Lou has Didi make [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce a spicy chili]] to get the babies to stop sucking their thumbs. However, he accidentally has her put a tablespoon of cayenne pepper instead of a teaspoon that the recipe called for. When Stu tastes the chili, his face turns red and he drinks from the kitchen sink to extinguish the spiciness. Didi refuses to put the chili on the babies' thumbs and is about to throw it away, but Lou tells her it'll still make a zesty barbecue sauce.
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-> ''Measure twice, because you can only cut once''

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-> ''Measure ->''Measure twice, because you can only cut once''
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