Parmesan cups vs ounces

[Puggles]

'Bout like my jar. I should think the scale would have a battery indicator if low?

It's a brand new scale, with good batteries in it. I have to investigate with my old scalenand compare them

 

[JAS_OH1]

'Bout like my jar. I should think the scale would have a battery indicator if low?

One would hope. My solar one did not, but my new scale I am not sure about as I haven't had it all that long.

Puggles thinks he loves pizza, but what he really loves is CHEESE. So go for it Puggles!

Edited to add: and he loves bread. So cheese and a flatbread or rolled out dough = pizza...I think we all learned something here today!

 

[msmofet]

 

[karadekoolaid]

Is the battery in the scale going bad perhaps? I have a bag of finely grated parmesan cheese that looks close to the same volume as what's in your bowl and it's 8 oz.

I looked a puggle's parmesan and thought: that's been grated on an extremely fine grater, OR on one of those hand graters like you see in restaurants. I looked at it again and thought, yep, that's a lot of volume, but very little weight, because my little hand grater does the same thing. I reckon mine must have been invented by a very mean restaurant owner - looks like loads, it's actually nothing!

 

[karadekoolaid]

That's a huge amount of Parmesan, msmofet, don't you agree?
I might use that amount in a lasagna for 20 people.

 

[badjak]

First thought was maybe they mean ungrated, but no, they didn't.
Then I thought: they probably looked it up online and just went with whatever mrs google said

I generally don't use volume measurements. I prefer weights and metric.

 

[msmofet]

I never weigh/measure grated Italian cheese anyway. I like a lot of cheese, so I just use what I think is enough. Then again, after all these years, I don't use a recipe for lasagna. I go heavy on all the cheese.

 

[CookieMonster]

this is a frequent issue - there are people who are unaware of "ounces by weight" and "ounces by volume"
most frequently when "metric" people "translate" a recipe for "cups" people.

as to:
10 ounces . . . vs 1-1/4 cup . . .
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
1-1/4 cups = 10 fluid ounces
so . . . . it's "right" if one adjusts the meaning of ounces

but then . . .
1 pound of cremini mushrooms (about 6 cups)
has a problem.
one pound of mushrooms will not slice up to 6 cups in my experience
and 'adjusting' definitions....
one pound = 16 ounces by weight, or erronously 16 fluid ounces
16 fluid ounces = 2 cups

so there's an issue or two with the recipe

 

[JAS_OH1]

I never weigh/measure grated Italian cheese anyway. I like a lot of cheese, so I just use what I think is enough. Then again, after all these years, I don't use a recipe for lasagna. I go heavy on all the cheese.

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