/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17466858
RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT

>>17466891
Elaborate.

>>17466858
Because if you have 2 cups you can measure twice

>>17466858
pyrex is shit
>>17466891
also this

>>17467024
Gee bill, two cups?

>>17467240

I have no idea what "other cup" OP is referencing here

>>17467034
>12 fluid ounces of lentils
why are they using dry ingredients to advertise their liquid measuring cup?

https://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/ask-the-tk-dry
you've never actually measured anything, have you?

>>17466858
This board needs a sticky oh my fucking god

>>17466858

I'm always annoyed when recipes say you need X cups of Y but don't bother specifying the size of the cup I should use.

>>17467604
Americans abhor measuring by weight

>>17467625
The article you cited doesn't address my specific question.

Yes, I understand densities vary, but there is no reason why the same vessel can't be used for measuring both things.

For example: given that one cup of oil is heavier than one cup of water, a recipe could correct this by saying it needs 1/3 cup of oil or whatever the fuck.

There is NO REASON for two kinds of measuring cups to exist.

>>17467632
>This board needs a sticky
It would just be the menu's of Maccas, Wendy's, Taco Bell and KFC.

>>17467647
A cup is 250ml. Most people have a set of measuring cups.

i dont get why they make them in pyrex, why would i ever put a fucking measuring jug in the oven

I have no fuckin clue what's going on here. What other cup?

You don't need to know the density of a thing to measure its volume with a container of known size.

>>17467655
They've already adjusted to what they do. Why should they learn something new just to appease Europeans who hate them? Further more, why should anyone give a fuck what a European thinks?

>>17467691
pyrex is just a brand at this point, most of it isn't borosilicate glass anymore.

>>17467721
Thank god i've got 1-cup, 2-cup, and 2-quart pyrex from the 1980s.

>>17467696
Because weight is objectively more accurate

>>17467721
Just looked it up to try to prove you wrong and now I'm angry.

>>17467695
>>17467585

>>17467743
Cooking is an artform, you get used yo how something should look and act and add a little bit more water or flour.

>>17467753
I prefer to get it right the first time so there's no micromanaging

>>17467759
Not every flour is created the same, water pH affects how bread rises, baking powder/soda loses its 'rise' with age, herbs taste better when fresh, "1 egg" isn't exactly the same between chickens...
Hell my oven set to 350°F is different than yours set at 350°F.

>>17467672
i think it just sounds too small for a lot of measurements. if a recipe calls for 400ml of water it would be too fiddly to go oh, one and a bit of these, just use the easy visual indicator on the jug

>>17467786
Because mine measures in celsius.
And yes, 1 egg is not the same as another egg, but 100 grams of egg is the same as 100 grams of egg regardless of chicken

>>17467663
you need to read the entire article, autismo. it has nothing to do with densities.

>>17467798
My oven set at 350° F is still way different than your oven set at 177°C.
Make sure you get the same exact ratio of yolk to albumen as the person who wrote the recipe...

>>17467672
a cup is 8oz and it's a bit less than 250ml

>>17467815
It boils down to it.

I read it, and it does not explain.

Their argument is basically:

>you measure liquids on liquid measuring cups...because, you just do it, okay?

>>17468342
What's it like being retarded anon?

>>17468421
I don't know, let me call your dad.

>>17468459
How do you plan to do that retard he's dead.

>>17468512
Seance.

>>17468342
test it yourself, genius. measure liquid in each kind and solids in each kind and see which work better.

>>17466858
I have a plastic one that I pour boiling water into every day, it is meant to give me a macrodose of microplastics.

>>17466858
What in the fuck are you actually talking about you gibbering ape?

>>17467789
Yeah, most people have measuring cups and a measuring jug.

>>17466858
Measuring with cups/spoons is retarded and imprecise, real chads use a scale with metric

>>17466858
8 ounces is literally a standard cup.

>>17467655
Who the fuck weighs lentils?

>>17467759
So, you can't cook.

>>17471877
Industrial kitchens.

>>17471903
Exactly.

>>17471903
>implying they don't just use measured buckets

>>17471729
>Measuring with cups/spoons is retarded and imprecise
You're just autistic.

>>17467798
>100 grams of egg is the same as 100 grams of egg regardless of chicken
wanna know how we all know you don't actually cook?

>>17473511
He's right, though.

>>17473535
>oh lemme just throw out half an egg to get some autistically precise weight measurement!
A little more or less egg isn't going to affect your dish cooking is an art not a science

>>17473571
Sure, a recipe calls for 100 g of egg, and you get like 97, or 104, it's fine.. but something like 120 would make a difference.

>>17473593
It literally would not, just adjust the other ingredients. I never measure anything

>>17473597
I don't need to measure either, but if write a recipe down for someone to follow, I specify as many things as possible.

>>17473593
>>17473597
look everyone people who have never baked

>>17473914
I can outbake your entire family blood line, you faggot.

>>17473597
>it wouldn't make a difference!
>....you just need to add something else to compensate for the difference it made
you're not very smart, are you?

>>17473953
i can out bake you in any confection faggot try me

>>17467745
there's been a huge issue with people's supposedly indestructible pyrexes exploding, with regular use. we broke one at work by dropping it at a weird angle and it took forever to find a replacement that was made of the proper glass.

>>17466858
Because once upon a time the average household didn't have a measuring device

>>17474086
>i can out bake you in any confection
Haha confection, you really are a Mary.

>>17466858
>easy conversion from imperial to metric
>saves space compared to having a ton of specific cups

>>17467749
Why would you want to measure anything in that? Isn't the difference in utility obvious?

if a recipe doesn't give measurements by weight it's fucking trash and i won't use it

>>17475081
gay unless you're baking.

>>17475081
>t. Chad.

>>17468286
Only if you live in retardedland

>>17473535
He's not, though. See >>17467955

>>17466858
>Why did they create a separate measuring cup just for liquids?
Wrong question. What you want to ask is why did they create a separate measuring cup for solids.

>>17467647

I take it we can add scales onto the list of things burgers won't have in their kitchen. imagine a world in which ovens don't have a separate grill (broiler) and electric kettles and scales are unusual, it's a third world country

>>17475633
>it's a third world country
You sound like you're really familiar with that.

>>17466858
Spilling. retard.

>>17474868
>indestructible pyrexes exploding
Wtf? So what did you use as a replacement? Did you use a polariscope or polarized lens to make sure it had minimum glass stress?

>>17477609
we looked at the product descriptions for the right kind of glass and made in the USA, you mong

>>17477870
edit: not made in USA, actually, i think.

>>17475633
why would the broiler need to be separate? that's fucking pointless. also we don't need kettles because tea is for faggots

>>17466858
I use it as a mug. One great thing about it is the handle because after washing it you can hang it off the edge of a shelf to drip dry.

>>17478440
>I use it as a mug
Me too, for certain portion-controlled beverages. It would be nice if graduated glassware in normal sizes (mugs, glasses) were more common.

why did they change the handle? the old ones were so much better

>>17467024
measure twice, cup once

>>17479604
less material therefore cheaper to manufacture