This is true. If the recipe says sift first, do it or you’ll have too much flour. Otherwise most assume you’ll scoop, scrape, pour. If I think my flour may have settled too much I might turn my canister upside down once and back upright before scooping.
It may impact you, but the same would happen climbing and having different boiling points. It may be extreme, but we are talking about convincing folks who use a spoon as a standard.
Tablespoons and tea spoons are fine as a measurement because they are made to a standard size. That’s like complaining people are using a piece of tape as a measurement. That’s what i grew up with, and it is what i am comfortable with. I’m not saying it’s better, I absolutely agree that variables in cooking such as elevation and ambient temperature/humidity matter way more and the overwhelming majority of the population wont notice a difference if you measure by volume, by weight, or are so experienced you just eyeball it.
Liquids expand and contract under different temperatures. They are not always the same.
And things like flour compact.
Yes they do.
This is true. If the recipe says sift first, do it or you’ll have too much flour. Otherwise most assume you’ll scoop, scrape, pour. If I think my flour may have settled too much I might turn my canister upside down once and back upright before scooping.
I seriously doubt your kitchen scale is accurate for your measurements to be any better.
I just disagreed with the statement
It may impact you, but the same would happen climbing and having different boiling points. It may be extreme, but we are talking about convincing folks who use a spoon as a standard.
Tablespoons and tea spoons are fine as a measurement because they are made to a standard size. That’s like complaining people are using a piece of tape as a measurement. That’s what i grew up with, and it is what i am comfortable with. I’m not saying it’s better, I absolutely agree that variables in cooking such as elevation and ambient temperature/humidity matter way more and the overwhelming majority of the population wont notice a difference if you measure by volume, by weight, or are so experienced you just eyeball it.