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Most Americans don't have a kitchen scale
by umvi 7y ago
Most Americans don't have a kitchen scale
- stevekemp 7y agoI know that different cultures are different, but I always think of Americans as being (kitchen) gadget-obsessed. Maybe I've watched too many infomercials and soaps. I've reached a point where I know Americans don't have (electric) kettles, but a scale seems like a necessity for anybody who cooks. (I guess there are lot of people, American, or otherwise, who just don't cook. So I'd understand in that case. But cooking without a scale just seems surprising. Even where I come from a grew up with a balance-scale with brass weights. Never hugely accurate, but always available.)
- umvi 7y agoIt's because Americans mainly cook with volumes ("1 cup flour") and not masses ("100g flour"). Just look at any American recipe book - it will use volumes instead of weights.
- richjdsmith 7y agoWait, Canadian here, American's don't have electric kettles?
- stevekemp 7y agoApparently they're unusual and not at all common. People seem to prefer to use the kinda old-fashioned manual kettles you place on the top of a stove.