Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?

  • jbrains
    52·
    6 months ago

    Take a 1-cup measuring cup, chop celery until it’s full. That doesn’t sound difficult to me. I infer it’s merely not what you’re used to.

    I tend to prefer to weigh ingredients, but I also have measuring cups and spoons and using them is not so onerous. 🤷‍♂️

    • Strykker
      81·
      6 months ago

      But celery is blocky and has gaps and doesn’t pack well, the amount you get changes drastically depending on how fine you chop it and on random packing.

      • jbrains
        51·
        6 months ago

        I’m not arguing that it’s wise. I’m merely arguing that it’s not nearly as inexplicable as that comment made it seem.

      • Cryophilia
        31·
        6 months ago

        Why do you care about the tiny variations in volume? Recipe measurements very rarely need to be precise.

    • Cryophilia
      20·
      6 months ago

      That doesn’t sound difficult to me. I infer it’s merely not what you’re used to.

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