Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Saves you from having to weigh the stuff. U fill the cup and dump.

    Doing by weight means u have to take the extra step of weighing it after it’s in a container. What a massive waste of time for no advantage.

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        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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      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.