The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy [email protected] • 4 months agoI've done it again...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1576
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 months agoStart weighing your pasta. You’ll never cook too much again.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 months agoStart weighing EVERYTHING. The consistency your dishes reach is crazy good! A weighing scale isn’t that expensive
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-24 months agoDo people not use kitchen weights? It’s a very common thing where I live (in Europe) Hell, I often just use a kitchen weight to measure volume of water instead of using a measuring cup, as 1 liter of water ~= 1 kilogram
minus-squareMatch!!linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoamericans have to deal with insane units like pints and ounces
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI’m a scientist, metric is practically my 2nd language.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•4 months agoI mean yea but last time I made spaghetti all the recipes were like xx weight(cooked). WTF am I supposed to do with that?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoYou’re supposed to disregard it. Just boil enough pasta for however many servings you want, a serving of dry pasta is 60g. Why are you using a recipe for spaghetti?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 months agoTo figure out how much pasta to use so I don’t make too much…
Start weighing your pasta. You’ll never cook too much again.
Start weighing EVERYTHING. The consistency your dishes reach is crazy good! A weighing scale isn’t that expensive
Do people not use kitchen weights? It’s a very common thing where I live (in Europe)
Hell, I often just use a kitchen weight to measure volume of water instead of using a measuring cup, as 1 liter of water ~= 1 kilogram
americans have to deal with insane units like pints and ounces
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I’m a scientist, metric is practically my 2nd language.
I mean yea but last time I made spaghetti all the recipes were like xx weight(cooked). WTF am I supposed to do with that?
You’re supposed to disregard it. Just boil enough pasta for however many servings you want, a serving of dry pasta is 60g. Why are you using a recipe for spaghetti?
To figure out how much pasta to use so I don’t make too much…