In message , Roland Perry
writes
In message , at 16:37:24 on Thu, 21 Sep
2006, bof remarked:
(Most of the recipes I use call for 450g of flour.)

Can't you judge 45% of a bag of flour by eye? I know that's all I'd do.

Although I just went and checked my recipes, and the very first one
had "2 cups of flour". Who needs scales (although I do have a set of
measuring spoons/cups).

I don't use any measuring spoons, find it easier just to use the
scales, put the mixing bowl on, add the ingredients and reset between
each one.

How does that work when the recipe calls for "cups"?

It's not a problem I've come across and, having just looked in a load of
recipe books here going back as far as the 30s, none of them use 'cups'
as a measure. Though I did find one recipe that called for 'three
glasses of water', should I ever use it I could get three glasses of
water from the tap, though as the glasses here range in size from about
5ml to 1000ml I may as well just guess.


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