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But specifying everything in grams looks like a practical nightmare for normal home cooks. 0.1g of a spice? Verses 1/4 teaspoon?
by teruakohatu 5y ago
But specifying everything in grams looks like a practical nightmare for normal home cooks. 0.1g of a spice? Verses 1/4 teaspoon?
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoYou're always free to take an accurate recipe and make it less accurate. You can't go the other way round.
- Mikeb85 5y agoEvery home cook should have a digital scale. They cost like $20. And yes, for subgrams, you can always estimate 'a pinch', 1/4 tsp, etc... By weight is more accurate, almost never exceeds the max of a home scale and simply throwing everything into one bowl, taring the scale each time is quicker too.
- teruakohatu 5y agoMost home kitchen scales have gram accuracy, but I doubt the calibration procedures lend themselves to even that level of accuracy. Throwing in a bowl works to a point, but if you accidentally dump too much in, you might have a hard time removing the extra 1g.
- Mikeb85 5y agoHonestly, I haven't found many ingredients where you do it to the gram. A few like spices, salt or baking powder you just do it to taste or assume a tsp is enough, for that one item. A scale still beats measuring cups n things.