I think you’re.right about tradition. I have a set of recipes from 3 generations ago. It’s been converted over the generations from a list of ingredients to “a fistful of flour” to “a juice glass of broth” to “1/3 cup of butter” as it was passed to me. Maybe my contribution will be to convert it to weight and pass it to my kids for them to finally convert it to metric weights.
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scoobford@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Volumetric measurements, like the imperial system, is largely in place due to tradition.
But no, most people do not own good food scales. They aren’t pricey (I think mine was $25), but they are very uncommon. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in a store.
r0ertel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I’m amazed they are that uncommon. Here (UK) you can walk into a supermarket and pick them up for less than £20.
palebluethought@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“uncommon” is an overstatement, you can get them pretty much anywhere that has pots. It’s uncommon in that most people don’t bother owning one, not that they’re hard to get