'though I'm senior in age and a lifelong baker, I am always learning from you all. So thank you! I'm happy to share a "mise en place" tip learned from my jr. high school home ec. teacher. She taught us to assemble all of a recipe's ingredients and measuring/mixing utensils to the left of the mixing bowl. As the ingredients were added, move them to the right (or put them away). You know immediately that you've left something out, if you still have items staring at you from the left. If you have any unused utensils on the left, you can put them away knowing that they're still clean.

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