- a dash - well obviously that means giving the salt or pepper shaker a few shakes
- a pinch - was as much as I could "pinch" between two fingers and toss into the meal
- a smidgen - was a little less then a pinch but procured in the same way, by grabbing a small amount between my fingers.
Last Christmas my husband gave me a new set of measuring cups and spoons which included these.
To my surprise one of the sets of measuring spoons had the measurements a pinch, a dash and a smidgen. Oh and I just noticed a tad is on there too. Turns out those little words do mean something. So I did a little looking around and here is what I found out.
A dash is 1/8 of a teaspoon
A pinch is 1/16 if a teaspoon
A smidgen is 1/26 of a teaspoon
But the more I looked around the more conflicting information I found on the true measurements. Seems as though there is a continuing debate on the subject.
While such small amounts may not make a difference in the final outcome of that big pot of chili you are cooking, it may make a difference when baking. So now that I have these handy dandy new spoons I will be sure to use them, that is unless they are too hard to find in my utensils drawer, then I'll go back to my old measuring system. But now I will have to figure out what I think a tad is and how to measure it.
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