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Default Measurment by volume

"Emrys Davies"
> "Dave Bell"
>> Emrys Davies wrote:
>> > I want to convert 30 g flour, 3 g salt, 1 g black pepper and 2 g

> paprika
>> > to volume. Any suggestions please?


>> Flour is easiest, as I weigh it out right around 120 g/cup.
>>
>> 30g flour ~= 1/4 Cup
>>
>> By measurement just now:
>> I have a small scale that reads to 0.1g gram, and is probably accurate
>> to 0.2g, anyway.
>>
>> Dave

>
> Many thanks Dave. Just what I wanted. It's the first time that I have
> had this gram problem and so far I have got by without getting a digital
> scales.
> Regards,
> Emrys Davies.


I use a chart developed by an accomplished expat cook here. Knowing that
the humidity on different days would affect the weights, she weighed the
same items day after day and averaged the weights.

00 flour, our fine flour, is 130 g per cup.
0 flour, an ordinary grind, is 128 g per cup.

I doubt that real accuracy is necessary for a stew as it might be for
baking.