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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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[–] panicnow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had my wife try to measure water in a glass measuring cup accurately and consistently. I had her measure the same amount multiple times. Her variance was so far off the variance of the scale, that I convinced her that liquids should be done by weight when possible.

I think that if I had a cylinder like I used decades ago in chemistry class, I might be able to get consistent kitchen measurements. But my glass pyrex measuring cup with numbers on the side is terrible.

If I make a recipe multiple times, it gets re-written for weight versus volume.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

Idk what is so hard about measuring with a measuring cup.

And some liquids have varying density wich would result in bad consistency as well.

And rice? Its just 1 unit to 3 units of volume to be good. You can mesure with whatever you want for that, it doesn't need accuracy.