"graham" wrote in message news
On 2017-03-28 7:36 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-03-28 9:16 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2017-03-28 6:09 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
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>>> How much variance do you expect there to be between any number of cups
>>> of flour leveled off with a finger? How would that slight variance
>>> compare to a weighed portion of flour on a cold dry day as opposed to a
>>> hot damp day? Most of our recipes are based on a volume measurement, so
>>> the weighed equivalents are going to be based on what a cup would be...
>>> 4 1/4 oz or 120 grams and son of a gun, 4 1/4 oz is actually 120.5
>>> grams not 120. So we are expected to believe that it is more accurate
>>> to weigh the flour to get the exact measurement of a 120 grams when the
>>> cup of flour is actually 120.5? It is so much easier to just scoop out
>>> a cup and level it off.
>>>
>> Not for real bakers!
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> Real bakers like those who write cookbooks with volume measurements?

They're just sloppy cooks!

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Be careful around here advising weighing. You will be called an asshole!

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