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All baking recipe ingredients should be in weight, not volume. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm tired of guessing which country the author is from when they use cup measurement and how densely they put flour in it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In my opinion every recipe should be in weight unless there's a good reason to put it in volume. The idea of washing half a dozen individual little measuring cups to prepare one recipe is absurd. Slap a bowl on your scale and go to town.

[–] Mouselemming 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean a separate bowl from the main container, right? So you can remove over-scoops without disturbing the previous ingredients? I'm still trying to get comfortable with my scale. I get frustrated because there's not parts of grams, and it doesn't seem to constantly update, it just jumps from too little to too much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Always 2nd bowl. Having a more sensitive scale helps with it updating faster. You can also tap the scale to try and get it to update.

I use a 0.1g/2kg scale for most things, I also have a 1g/5kg one I never use. I can't find it rn but I also have a 0.01g/100g scale for when smartasses on the internet tell me to weigh a 1/8 tsp of pepper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What does 1/8 tsp of pepper weigh?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Here you go. It weighs about 0.21g 1/4tsp on black pepper being weighed on a scale, it reads 0.43g

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's a small pinch of pepper. I don't even own a measure that size.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I have a 1/8 teaspoon but the idea is... why? Anything being pinched, I'm not digging out a measuring spoon for.

Measuring by volume is definitely ridiculous. I'm an USAmerican baker.