PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
“Mom, I love this mat. Bet you would have loved having one when you were doing a lot of baking.”
Millie smiled as she dusted flour from her hands. “Yes, it’s a great idea.”
“How did you ever know when you got things the right size?”
“I used an old-fashioned doohickey called a ruler.”
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What a crazy idea! A ruler! How very “old school” you are 😉
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Definitly old-school, and proud of it 🙂
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I hear ya!! (I am, too.)
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That put the young whippersnapper in their place!
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🙂
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I can almost see the quizzical look on her face!
Doohickey – a word I haven’t heard for years!
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It’s a great word 🙂
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So funny!
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Haha! Doohickey! Great little story, Linda!
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In some parts, the ruler was called a ‘scale’ 🙂
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All the fancy gadgets these days… 🙂
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In a few words this was brilliant. Imagine a ruler! Try telling the calculator youth of today about the wonders of a slide-ruler.
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I learned how to use a sliderule in high school. I’d be in sad shape if I had to use one today! Even my engineer husband isn’t sure he’d remember how to do it. But I still know math, and can do it without the help of my online calculator if I have to 🙂
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Do you know how long it has been since hearing the word doohickey? Thanks for bringing it back to me. I laugh at the newfangled grid. We just knew what to do back then.
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She’s moving with the times, but could go back to basics should the need arise. Nice dialogue.
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Thanks, Margaret 🙂
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They probably have an app for that. 😉
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No foubt 🙂
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I’ve never heard of using a ruler in cooking. Of course, I’ve never heard of measuring for size in cooking, either. Shows how much I cook.
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Used more for baking when you’re rolling dough for a pie, or any other pastry that requires a certain length or width. And my ruler is also great for scraping up flour and sticky dough from the counter top once my project is finished 🙂
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I have one of those mats. I never look at anything printed on it. It’s there as a surface – everything else is instinct.
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Yes, it gets to be instinctive with time. I never measure my pie crusts now, but I did when I first started years ago.
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Dear Linda,
I laughed out loud. We have many old fashion doohickies at our disposal that baffle this current generation, don’t we? No one understands the big hand and the little hand anymore. Nor can they read or write cursive. I will say the mat in the picture is silicone and doesn’t slip like my old Tupperware one. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It boggles my mind that cursive writing is becoming obsolete. My goodness.
I’ve never had a mat like that, just my counter top or maybe a sheet of waxed paper–just like my mom did 🙂
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Old fashioned indeed, but I still can’t work out the measurements between ounces to tablespoons to millimetres
My nana’s old recipes never taste the same
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Me neither, Laurie. I have to look it up over and over again. Old dog, new tricks 🙂
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