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Writing up a recipe has challenges, particularly the part where I write the exact amount of an ingredient.

Often it is calculated by estimating the amount of an ingredient by visually imagining the sliced pile of hot peppers in a measuring cup.

Then I realized each canning jar I used was 4 ounces.

Five jars, 4 ounces each, so 5 x 4 equals 20 ounces.

Then an ounces to cupsconversion has to be calculated.

That equals 2-½ cups sliced hot peppers.

Or I could describe the hot peppers by counting them.

Anaheim peppers are a mild pepper and larger than most hot peppers.

I sl...