Pinch (cooking)

The pinch (of French prize: " the company " ) is an approximate measure of granular material, such as salt, sugar, pepper, as well as herbs or snuff.

The most common definition is a " quantity, which can be grasped between two fingers ," that is, between the thumb and forefinger. The Duden summarizes the definition a bit further than " small amount [ ... ] that can take someone between two or three fingers ." - The Dictionary of Johann Christoph Adelung of 1811 summarizes the meaning even further: A pinch of "as much as you to some Gebrauche of a thing to a meal takes ", ie the quantity of an ingredient to a court is.

The pinch is (formerly also in pharmacology ) treated in the kitchen language than smaller unit relative to the blade tip, with the pinch of salt would be more than 100 mg, the pinch more about it. Sometimes there is the distinction that a pinch there about two pinches. Often the unit pinch but is chosen merely for the coarse-grained material, with no significant difference to the blade tip. - The inaccuracy remains conscious, as the amount is a matter of taste. At an accurate determination so only the less experienced are interested.

In the British and American usage, the pinch (pinch ) than 1/16 Teaspoon ( tsp ) or 1/8 Teaspoon is sometimes defined, sometimes as a volume, for example, as 1/ 48 ounce fluid.