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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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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

IMO anything sold by weight should be measured by weight in a recipe.

I could have an exception for things under 20g, which scales seem to get wrong a lot. I can do spoons, but not cups.

Also: Metric only. A tablespoon is anywhere from 13g to 20g depending on who you're talking to. A gram is always a gram.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Volume and weight are different, a tablespoon of salt, oil, and vanilla extract are all going to weigh differently.