Ellyn
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The more recipes I read, the more occasion I get to practice and experience converting measurements in my mind. I don't even know what the system of ounces and pounds should be called, but I'm personally more comfortable with grams and liters.
Of course, other recipes go by standardized culinary spoons (teaspoon and tablespoon) and cups, with fraction numbers there to try to make it look scientific when it's really not.
The best way, in my opinion, really is to recognize the proportions of the ingredients, their properties, and be able to mix them up with an intuitive and experienced knowledge of how it's all going to turn out and why.
But that last method makes it nigh impossible to write down properly, so that others can repeat the recipe!
So, what recipe measurements are you the most comfortable with?
1 cup = 8 oz = 227 grams
(I don't even know if that's fluid ounces)
Of course, other recipes go by standardized culinary spoons (teaspoon and tablespoon) and cups, with fraction numbers there to try to make it look scientific when it's really not.
The best way, in my opinion, really is to recognize the proportions of the ingredients, their properties, and be able to mix them up with an intuitive and experienced knowledge of how it's all going to turn out and why.
But that last method makes it nigh impossible to write down properly, so that others can repeat the recipe!
So, what recipe measurements are you the most comfortable with?
1 cup = 8 oz = 227 grams
(I don't even know if that's fluid ounces)
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