The difference is accuracy.
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subtext@lemmy.world 2 months agoBut also, there’s no real incentive to change… my brownies taste just fine with a 1/3 cup of oil and a 1/3 cup of water. I am sure they would taste just as good with 80 g of each, but if it works, why change it?
What logic is there in saying grams are better than cups of both work well for the intended task? If I were a professional baker, it’s entirely possible I would have a different opinion, but I (like 99% of Americans) am not.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 months ago
subtext@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But what I’m saying is I’m plenty accurate enough with cups… there would be no appreciable difference for my box of brownies.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 months ago
You’re maybe plenty accurate for the brownies of your preference, but probably not for professional cooking or other activities that require accuracy.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The vast majority of the planet are not professional cooks.
Litron3000@feddit.de 2 months ago
Oil and water are fine, but flour already starts to be a problem. How densely is it packed?
Then we go on to salt, which can have a lot of different grain sizes (although that is annoying with a scale as well because most kitchen scales are not very accurate with single-digit-grams)
Then it gets really weird when they say to use a cup of grated cheese, because depending on how you grate it it has very different densities