Why do Americans measure everything in cups?
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?
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Really. But which cup or spoon? I have a shit load of different kind of cups and spoons.
Its not any random spoon or cup. We all have measuring devices of standardized volumes.
for example:
https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Measuring-10-Piece-Kitchen-Gadgets/dp/B091JXDLDX
Isnt weight easier then? One scale thats it? But then again to each his own.
If you're baking something that needs exact amounts of certain ingredients, then yeah, a scale is easier. A scale is more accurate, but its slower than using a measured scoop for recipes that don't require more precision than the scoop provides.
You don't actually need the full set. If all you have is 1 tablespoon and 1 cup, it will usually be OK to just eyeball the fractions.
Measuring cups or spoons.
Or, so long as you use the same device across a recipe, the proportions will work.
This actually clarifies a lot, I didn't realize there was a misconception that Americans are just using random cups and spoons.