When you cook with Granny in her kitchen, these type of "measurements" become second-nature quite quickly. It's all about the proportions of each ingredient in

When you cook with Granny in her kitchen, these type of "measurements" become second-nature quite quickly. It's all about the proportions of each ingredient in relation to the others. It was not unusual at all to see Granny shake out an amount of seasoning or some other dry ingredient into her hand and then dump or shake it into a pot, or to just dip a coffee cup into the flour bag and always get the right amount.