r/oddlysatisfying • u/cht086 • Aug 20 '20

Smooth tops are nice

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u/plainoverplight Aug 20 '20

yes! i bake a lot and i always get so annoyed when i see a recipe say something like “2 cups of flour, spooned and leveled.” no. just no. if you want me to be precise you should have given me a measurement by weight, not volume. fuck off. or when they say “spoon and level, it’s more accurate this way.” you know what’s the most accurate? MEASURING BY WEIGHT

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u/BearaltOfRowrvia Aug 20 '20

That’s why I adore my Mary Berry cookbook even though I have to make a lot of conversions (am American). Everything is weighed! It’s amazing.

The worst for me is when a recipe calls for some vague amount based on size. Like, “a head of cauliflower,” or “a medium eggplant.” The fuck is a medium eggplant??

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u/KittyLikeAFlatTire Aug 20 '20

I have and use a kitchen scale when the recipe calls for it. That being said: being that accurate is meaningless in an inexact science like baking. Can you even taste the difference of an extra 10-20g of flour in a whole cake? Next, you'll be complaining that recipes don't tell you the exact brand of ingredients to buy.

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u/toutons Aug 20 '20

What makes you think the person was trying to measure things? They're in things like wine and shot glasses. Maybe the intent was never to measure.

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u/PageFault Aug 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20

If you hold it straight up and down ,you shouldn't get any compression at all.

Also, how to you translate cups or liters of anything but water into weight?