How do you measure butter?
flippy1234
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I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
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Digital food scale.15
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Yep, this.cmriverside wrote: »Digital food scale.
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cmriverside wrote: »Digital food scale.
But it's not even a measurable amount. Like maybe less than half a teaspoon.0 -
It probably weighs a few grams. A teaspoon of butter is 5 g.7
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flippy1234 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Digital food scale.
But it's not even a measurable amount. Like maybe less than half a teaspoon.
Food scales measure in grams. Like Jruzer said. I'll bet it was more than a half teaspoon. One teaspoon is about 35/40 calories, so log it as 1/2 teaspoon and move on.
Three teaspoons in a tablespoon.11 -
cmriverside wrote: »flippy1234 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Digital food scale.
But it's not even a measurable amount. Like maybe less than half a teaspoon.
Food scales measure in grams. Like Jruzer said. I'll bet it was more than a half teaspoon. One teaspoon is about 35/40 calories, so log it as 1/2 teaspoon and move on.
Three teaspoons in a tablespoon.
Yep, that's what I did.0 -
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Put the tub of butter on a digital food scale zero it take out what you want the negative number is how many grams you had20
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flippy1234 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Digital food scale.
But it's not even a measurable amount. Like maybe less than half a teaspoon.
So why the question in the first place?15 -
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put your toast on the food scale, zero it out and the add your butter - easy10
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I put my plate on the scale, press tare, then put my slice of butter on the plate. And always weigh in grams!4
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flippy1234 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Digital food scale.
But it's not even a measurable amount. Like maybe less than half a teaspoon.
These negligible amounts add up REAL quick throughout the day or week
This, exactly.3 -
flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
weigh it on a food scale.
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flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
When you can no longer see bread, that's 1 serving.16 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »
Me too! Same with peanut butter and jam.2 -
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FireOpalCO wrote: »flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
When you can no longer see bread, that's 1 serving.
I think that's for peanut butter... :bigsmile:4 -
Put toast on plate, put plate on scale. Zero scale (TARE). Add butter. Review weight shown on scale. Log.5
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nutmegoreo wrote: »FireOpalCO wrote: »flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
When you can no longer see bread, that's 1 serving.
I think that's for peanut butter... :bigsmile:
Right??? Because the butter melts. You'd keep adding and adding until your bread was soggy, and you'd still see it.3 -
I put the butter dish on the scale and tare it. Then I butter my toast. The negative grams now showing on the scale is the grams of butter I log.
I find it very easy to "accidentally" use more of stuff like butter, peanut butter, cream cheese, etc than I intend, so even though my logging is much less meticulous now that I'm in maintenance I still weigh these things and log them in grams!10 -
Tape measure. Or ruler. Whichever.1
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What is all this fuss about, weigh the amount you use, in grams. Weigh it as you take it from the container, simple works for anything.4
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If I had my way, by the stick.6
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quiksylver296 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »FireOpalCO wrote: »flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
When you can no longer see bread, that's 1 serving.
I think that's for peanut butter... :bigsmile:
Right??? Because the butter melts. You'd keep adding and adding until your bread was soggy, and you'd still see it.
Do you use butter with your peanut butter?0 -
I eyeball it. I guess I'm a rebel. I know what a tablespoon looks like because I have baked all my life. So I gauge it based on portion of a tablespoon, either 1 T or 0.5 T.
I weigh PB, but I have a pretty good idea of what a serving on a piece of bread looks like too (after weighing it many times).1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »FireOpalCO wrote: »flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
When you can no longer see bread, that's 1 serving.
I think that's for peanut butter... :bigsmile:
Right??? Because the butter melts. You'd keep adding and adding until your bread was soggy, and you'd still see it.
Do you use butter with your peanut butter?
No. People do that?!?
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My butter has little tick marks on the wrapper which tell you where a table spoon is, etc. I just use that.0
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quiksylver296 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »FireOpalCO wrote: »flippy1234 wrote: »I put a small amount of Kerrygold butter (the best by the way) on my 1 piece of toast in the morning. How should I measure it?
When you can no longer see bread, that's 1 serving.
I think that's for peanut butter... :bigsmile:
Right??? Because the butter melts. You'd keep adding and adding until your bread was soggy, and you'd still see it.
Do you use butter with your peanut butter?
No. People do that?!?
Well I do when I make a grilled peanut butter & jelly, just not on the same side of the bread.
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