During the previous round of shirkflation I warned people about knowing what year a recipe was from because “a can” means something different in 2004 than in 2010. And now it means something different again in 2025.
Now boxes are getting the shrink treatment too.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/618032
baking by volume is INSANE why would anyone do that?!
i remember as a kid my nan telling me to not pack the flour too tightly in the cups or the measurement will be off. like why not just weigh the flour?!
I often have issues explaining to literally everyone that oz and fl oz are not the same… Only true match is water which is what it was created for.
8oz is weight.
8 fl oz is volume…
So a cup of flour is a volume measurement of something that should be measured by weight.
I bought a food scale and gram everything now.
I have two scales in the kitchen. One regular digital food scale I use all the time. One that’s better suited for measuring cocaine that I bought when I was needing a lot more precision to brew one gallon batches of beer.
I use my food scale for brewing espresso.
I understand needing the miligram scale for yeast doing microbrew. My family already calls me a scientist for espresso. That scale would be funny in my kitchen.
Most recipes will use the volume measurement since everyone has measuring cups and almost no one has a food scale. Flour is close enough to a fluid anyway.
You still have issues with packed vs unpacked and leveled spoons with flour/baking soda/baking powder. Grams are just more precise.
I have a pancake recipe in grams.