irelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to Éire / Ireland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoAmerican recipes are annoyinglemm.eeimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down132
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minus-squareMothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoIt DOES matter and that’s why you need to be very clear on how you properly measure when you use volumetric measures for powders. Most serioys US bakers use metric eg a stick of butter is 113g of butter.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIf it’s a recipe that it matters in then the standard is to not pack the flour and to level the top of the cup, otherwise (like broccoli) its being used as a helpful guestimate for an items total, not a necessary and essential measurement
It DOES matter and that’s why you need to be very clear on how you properly measure when you use volumetric measures for powders.
Most serioys US bakers use metric eg a stick of butter is 113g of butter.
If it’s a recipe that it matters in then the standard is to not pack the flour and to level the top of the cup, otherwise (like broccoli) its being used as a helpful guestimate for an items total, not a necessary and essential measurement