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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] -2 points 4 weeks ago (14 children)

Actually it should be measured in the appropriate metric way. Liquids in liters and milliliters, solids in kilograms and grams.

Cause those are always the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

Liquids expand and contract under different temperatures. They are not always the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I seriously doubt your kitchen scale is accurate for your measurements to be any better.

[–] panicnow 1 points 3 weeks ago

We tested this in our kitchen. A glass pyrex used as precisely as possible was off by more than 5% in repeated tests. Our kitchen scale was off by less than 1% for weights over 5g.

And honestly, I am comfortable just pouring the milk/water/vanilla directly into the bowl that is on the scale. No utensil to get dirty. I recognize that I could over pour and mess things up but it just doesn’t happen. I can hit 15g of vanilla more accurately with the scale than with a measuring spoon.

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