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?

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I would agree with this if components were sold by volume as well. I don’t really bake, but the only thing I can recall showing a volume was shredded cheese. And even still, it’s always about X cups. Otherwise, I’m buying a premixed box and doing what the label tells me to do. Sure, I’m happy to not get fleeced with shrinkflation putting fluffy shredded cheese in a 2 cup bag, but it’s still a bit of a mismatch