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#1
July 21, 2010, 09:25 PM
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A ojo
nunca uso un libro de recetas, cocino a ojo ENGLISH?
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#2
July 21, 2010, 10:24 PM
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cook without a book
cook by instinct cook with one's senses cook by taste cook by eye cook by eye and taste / taste and eye throw something together throw together a bit of this and a bit of that
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July 22, 2010, 05:34 AM
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I play it by ear.
or I just wing it.
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#4
July 22, 2010, 09:20 AM
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Also,
"at a guess", right? And, I cook without measuring anything. (You also have a ojímetro = at a rough guess)
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#5
July 22, 2010, 09:31 AM
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Right. What my father in law used to call "the famous German precision"
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July 22, 2010, 10:17 AM
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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#7
July 22, 2010, 09:12 PM
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Another translation for "hacer algo a ojo" is "to eyeball something". It doesn't necessarily work that well with with cooking, but can it certainly can in other contexts.
As for the original sentence: Nunca uso un libro de recetas, cocino a ojo. I never use a cookbook, I just make it up as I go along. I never use a cookbook, I guess. I never use a cookbook, I just eyeball it. I never use a cookbook, I use my instinct.
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#8
July 22, 2010, 10:05 PM
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Play it by ear is very common in the US.
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#9
July 23, 2010, 11:07 AM
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All of them are just wonderful, thank you guys.
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