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Cooking without scales

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  • Cullumpster
    Cullumpster Posts: 1,481 Forumite
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    thanks, I think I'm a bit too slap dash about ingredients, I just bung them in! but I know with baking it has to be quite precise, I'll keep trying, I think I've got confused on my table/ desert spoons a few times as well!
  • MaggieBaking
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    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_grams_are_in_a_tablespoon

    That link might help. Personally, I would try and find a cup that was the right size for a US cup and read US websites for baking recipes.

    Or buy a weighing scales, which I'd be tempted to do - they're not hideously expensive anymore, especially if you can find one in a pound shop.
  • Memory_Girl
    Memory_Girl Posts: 4,957 Forumite
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    I use a teeny set of scales (diet scales I thik) that I got from the pound shop.

    Cooking wise I am pretty good at judging by eye - but baking I need to be more precise. I figure I save a fortune every year baking our snacks so a pound seemed like a pretty good investment for success every time.

    Happy baking - it makes my heart sing

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  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    Why don't use just buy some scales?

    Getting the cheapest or alternatively getting it at a charity shop will not set you back too much and it's money well spent.
  • zippychick
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    For baking i would certainly recommend buying a very cheap set of scales! You can buy a set for next to nothing. I would in my mind, offset the cost of a cheap set, versus the potential waste from potential baking disasters :)

    We do have an older thread on cooking without scales

    Ill merge this later on for you

    Zip
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  • Cullumpster
    Cullumpster Posts: 1,481 Forumite
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    thanks guys, it's not that I don't want to buy any scales it's just I always forget to get them and then I'm boogered when I start cooking!
  • squeakysue
    squeakysue Posts: 908 Forumite
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    I have a recipe I wanted to make tonight and my helpful children have broken my kitchen scales! Anybody any ideas how I can measure out 150g of rice? :eek:
  • Heffi1
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    It is probably a bit hit or miss, but I have just weighed some rice and 150g came to about 3/4 of a normal size mug (for coffee)

    HTH
    :) Been here for a long time and don't often post
  • squeakysue
    squeakysue Posts: 908 Forumite
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    Heffi1 wrote: »
    It is probably a bit hit or miss, but I have just weighed some rice and 150g came to about 3/4 of a normal size mug (for coffee)

    HTH

    Thank you so much for that, I will give it a go :j
  • Dippypud
    Dippypud Posts: 1,927 Forumite
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    Have a looky here...

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=536998
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