I have a lot of older recipies that kept calling for a dash or a pinch, so I looked it up. Apparently a dash and a pinch are the same thing and are equal to about 1/16th of a teaspoon. I hope this helps those of you with some older recipes as well.

That sounds about right. I usually just use an actual pinch; it's close enough.

If a recipe (or my mom) says a dash of something, I usually just give the spice bottle a shake or two, depending on whether it has a shaker top & what size holes are in it. If the bottle doesn't have a shaker top, I tap the side of the bottle gently until how much I want has been added to the food.

I usually 'eyeball' things though, even when I bake.

Yeah, a dash is just a little bit. A shake, a pinch, a 1/16 tsp, maybe two shakes if that's what you like. If it's a liquid, then I'd say a dash is one shake of a bottle with a limiting top, or one or two drops if you need to measure yourself.

here I go with my sense of humor again - a dash is a race you run in gym class......ok - I'll stop..........