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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] 108 points 1 day ago (26 children)

i cant imagine this would be unpopular for anyone who actually bakes.

its so frustrating not having exact amounts for what is essentially chemistry.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

It's not chemistry as much as chemistry is chemistry.

Like 1/4 cup of sugar being like 2% off isn't going to matter.

Then you want to weigh out your teaspoon of baking powder? I guess you'll need a small scale made for such tiny amounts to go along with your larger one. Hope you like cooking taking longer with more little things to clean.

Doing it all by weight is a waste of time and something no one with a real amount of experience cooking would bother with. Where your butter comes from is more important than how much of a weight difference can be from measuring out 3 tablespoons of it compared to weighing it out.

[–] CancerMancer 4 points 17 hours ago

Hope you like cooking taking longer with more little things to clean.

You pour ingredient 1 into the bowl up to X grams. You push the tare button on the scale and pour ingredient 2 into the bowl up to Y grams. Repeat as necessary.

You end up with less shit to clean and less time wasted, not more.

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