Questions tagged [measurements]
Determining the quantity of an ingredient needed for a recipe. Particularly useful for understanding obscure terminology, converting between different standards, or interpreting historical recipes.
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Measure by mass vs. 'Spooned and Leveled'
A lot of recipes stress that dry ingredients need to be spooned and leveled.
When I bake, I measure large masses with a scale.
Does that make the spoon and level requirement unnecessary?
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How can these cream milk fat percentages be correct?
Recently I was at a conference at which coffee was served. On the coffee table there was a carton of Neilson brand cream with the following information listed on top: "5% M.F. dairy creamer"....
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How long are standard sticks of butter in the USA?
There are two standard lengths of butter (meaning the sticks that say they are about 0.5 cups each). According to a websearch of mine, the shorter one is said to be popular on the west coast of the ...
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What is the most accurate cheap way of repeatably measuring out small quantities of compressible powder?
I have recently started making bread, and I am using a fairly complex recipe. I believe that the primary source of the inconsistency in the bread is the repeatableness of my measurements of the DIAX ...
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How do I efficiently measure viscous ingredients? [duplicate]
I often find myself preparing certain foods that contain viscous ingredients like honey and tahini sauce. For instance, one of my dressings contains both of these, which I currently measure out in a ...
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Recipe calls for 1 cup cherries cut in half [duplicate]
If a recipe says "1 cup of cherries cut in half" does that mean cut them before or after measurement?
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What do the numbers mean on a pack of ciabatta buns?
I saw this photo of buns on a Costco Canada fan blog and want to know what does “36'S” mean in "ITALIAN CIABATTA BUNS 36’S 1.400 kg"? Is it a kind of measurement?
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How many grams is one serving of great northern beans for an average adult?
I was told for my diet one serving of great northern beans, But I do not know how much that is so I bought a gram scale thinking I could measure it but I don't know how much to measure. I don't mean ...
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Which amount of fresh grape leaves do 400g of canned ones correspond to?
I have a recipe that calls for 400g of canned grape leaves. Since I have access to fresh leaves, what amount would I need?
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What effect does fat and sugar have on homemade bread?
I have been experimenting lately with different bread making techniques, particularly sandwich bread or 'Pain de Mie'. This differs from the previous recipes that have yeast, water, sugar, fats and ...
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How much mg/gr ginger in tea vs how grams in tea infuser [closed]
When creating ginger tea from grated/small parts of ginger it is not clear to me what is the relationship between how much mg/gr are in the tea vs the grams of grated ginger used.
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Measuring powder vs non powdered (e.g. sugar) with measure spoon and precision scale
I bought a scale to measure very small quantities in 0.01 increments.
The scale has a calibration weight of 50 grams and it measures so +/- an error as expected.
My intention for the scale is to ...
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Conversion Charts aren't the same & are confusing [duplicate]
I learned the hard way that not all measuring cups are reliable so I started using a scale. I started googling conversion charts and found a multitude but most having varying answers. For example,
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My grandmother's recipe for cookies from the 50s or 60s calls for a 5 cent cake of yeast. How many ounces is a 5 cent yeast cake?
I have my grandmother's recipe for cookies, from the 50s or 60s, it calls for a 5 cent cake of yeast. How many ounces is a 5 cent yeast cake?
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Knowing temperature in oven with no preheat indicator
My college apartment is furnished with pretty basic appliances and the oven has just a knob to set the temperature, an indication light to show that it's on, and a switch to turn the oven light on and ...
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