inconel@lemmy.ca to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoAll baking recipe ingredients should be in weight, not volume.message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareAll baking recipe ingredients should be in weight, not volume.inconel@lemmy.ca to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
I’m tired of guessing which country the author is from when they use cup measurement and how densely they put flour in it.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI do like when recipes give me liquids by weight as well. One tool for measuring everything is nice.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoHere the metric system comes to help: almost any liquid in the kitchen is about as dense as water, so 1ml = 1g. Oils are a bit less dense, but there you just subtract 10%, i.e. 100ml rapeseed oil is about 90g. Honey is a far outlier with 1.4g/ml, but it usually given in grams.
I do like when recipes give me liquids by weight as well. One tool for measuring everything is nice.
Here the metric system comes to help: almost any liquid in the kitchen is about as dense as water, so 1ml = 1g.
Oils are a bit less dense, but there you just subtract 10%, i.e. 100ml rapeseed oil is about 90g.
Honey is a far outlier with 1.4g/ml, but it usually given in grams.