Scales v cups

clairelouisenewton

Hi all!!

I've been reading about how measuring cups are inaccurate. I'm only just on week 5 so would like to make sure I get it right from now onwards.
Any UK recommendations for digital scales please?

Thank you so so much

DaniCanadian

By UK do you mean where to get one in the UK? Cause I'm pretty sure you can go to any home supply place and find one. I'm Canadian and I got mine from superstore (Canadian Walmart). I've read others say you can buy them off amazon too I think.
And yes, measuring cups/spoons are inaccurate for solids as they're meant to measure volume of liquids, not weight. You'll be shocked how big of a difference if can be.

fivelongmiles

Any, really. Asda, Tesco, Argos etc. all do them and I've had them all at one point. Usually there's one around £8-£10 and I get that, and I've always found them to be great.

frando

I bought mine from Asda, it's nothing special. If you go into any supermarket or bargin shop and pick up an electronic scale (I think mine was on offer for a fiver) it'll do you well.

Cups are inaccurate as they're measurements of volume, which can be inaccurate as what ever you're measuring may not be consistent in shape. For example say you're measuring corn flakes, you will get less of the bigger whole flakes at the top then the smaller ones towards the bottom, you're still eating a cup full of corn flakes but you're getting more in your cup the further towards the bottom of the box you go.

VintageFeline

UK packaging doesn't list cups so at least from that perspective you're forced to either eyeball or weigh.

And yeah, anywhere. Just pick one up next time you go grocery shopping or to Argos or get a basic one from Amazon.

clairelouisenewton

Brilliant thank you so so much!!!!