Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups?

• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Doing by weight means u have to take the extra step of weighing it after it’s in a container.

  Lol no, just weigh it as you pull it from your container. Hell, skip another step and just put your mixing bowl on the scale and zero it out. Weight measurement is so much simpler and accurate than volumetric measurements.

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• r_se_random@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You could put the jar of peanut butter on the scale and measure what amount you’re taking out?

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  • reattach@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or you place your bowl etc. on the scale and tare after each addition. Doesn’t work in all situations (e.g. pan on the stove) but is great for baking.

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• nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Look, it’s like this…

  Method 1: you get a bowl and put it on the scale. You then dump everything into it or you get a new bowl for each ingredient if you need to keep them separate.

  Method 2: you get a bowl and a cup. You measure into the cup and dump the stuff in the bowl then wash the cup and then you measure the next thing then you wash again and so on.

  Sometimes washing isn’t needed, sure. But you still put stuff in the cup then move it rather than putting jt directly in the bowl.

  With spoons it’s even worse because for spices, for example, many of them (at least here) come like this so spoons don’t fit…so good luck pouring out of it and into a spoon and not making a mess

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