Comments on: Bake-off: American vs English

By: john

john — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:16:00 +0000

An American in Norway says 250 ml = 2,5 dl = about a cup. And some measuring cups have metric weight-volumes for the most common ingredients. So you can eyeball the measures. I hear Europeans explain that weighing is more accurate than volume measures, but my experience with a variety of kitchen scales leads me to believe that “eyeballing” is as accurate as weighing. Modern American cookbook recipes that begin with a “box of cake mix” are disappointing: if I had a box of cake mix I would not be using a cookbook.

By: jamboree

jamboree — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:43:35 +0000

Funnily enough, I am getting better at it! After a few disastrous cakes, I’m much more confident with weighing and have churned out some lovely ones, too. Practice makes perfect and all that!

By: Cab

Cab — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:52:01 +0000

It’s so funny you say you can’t swing the hang of weighing ingredients. I’d much rather do that and I’ve never lived in England. I just have much love for Alton Brown. Plus, I find that I have a lot fewer measuring cups to clean afterward. Yes. I am THAT lazy. <_<

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:41:48 +0000

Heh. I find using measuring cups such a faff. I have some now, but it always seems to get messier than just weighing things and takes longer. So for most of my recipes that use cups, I’ve weighed out the amounts and written them down the side. =)