From 1-10, how important are your measuring spoons & cups ?

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    1

    I only trust my kitchen scale. Cups/spoons are for baking and that's it for me.
  • DavidMartinez2
    DavidMartinez2 Posts: 840 Member
    The scale is pretty important but measuring things like "cottage cheese" on the scale don't work very well :p

    That said even with two full sets i still end up having to wash the 1/2 cup by hand; I need to get 5 or 6 of the 1/2 and 1/4 cup sizes and can ditch the rest.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    The scale is pretty important but measuring things like "cottage cheese" on the scale don't work very well :p


    What?! :huh: You put the bowl on the scale - hit the tare button, then add your cottage cheese. How does that not work well?


    I'm also going scale over cups. Except for my almond milk every morning in my coffee - need a cup for that.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    They were very important in the beginning, but I use them less now.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    1

    I only trust my kitchen scale. Cups/spoons are for baking and that's it for me.

    Why do you trust them for baking if you have *any* distrust otherwise? If you can't measure with them correctly, then maybe use your scale for baking too?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    1

    I only trust my kitchen scale. Cups/spoons are for baking and that's it for me.

    Why do you trust them for baking if you have *any* distrust otherwise? If you can't measure with them correctly, then maybe use your scale for baking too?

    Actually once I weighed 1/4 cup of flour twice. Once it was 27g, the second time 48g or something... Needless to say, I weigh it now...
  • BarbellBlondieRuns
    BarbellBlondieRuns Posts: 511 Member
    On a scale of 1-10? 5,000,000. Ooops, the scale didn't go high enough. Speaking of scales... a nice digital one is priceless.
  • _crafty_
    _crafty_ Posts: 1,682 Member
    Food scale for solids and measuring cups for liquids!

    Mine measures both. I think most do.

    The only time my measuring cups and spoons make it out of the drawer is when I'm baking.

    Mine said to only weigh water because it wasn't calibrated for other liquids.

    An ounce is an ounce whether it's water or milk or baby food.
  • debbiesats
    debbiesats Posts: 65 Member
    Never had any cups - they're not used nearly as much in the UK anyway
    Spoons - 8/10 - measuring out spices and herbs to make the healthy stuff tasty and making sure I know how much oil I add to a pan. No more Jamie Oliver 'lugs' of olive oil!
    Agree with everyone that gave scales a 10
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Food scale for solids and measuring cups for liquids!

    Mine measures both. I think most do.

    The only time my measuring cups and spoons make it out of the drawer is when I'm baking.

    Mine said to only weigh water because it wasn't calibrated for other liquids.

    An ounce is an ounce whether it's water or milk or baby food.

    Sure, but most nutrition information for liquids is calculated per mL. For water, 1 mL=1g, but that is NOT true for other liquids; their density varies. Cream is less dense than water, for example, so 1mL does not equal 1g (in fact, density of cream actual varies with temperature as well; using a liquid measuring cup is actually more accurate).
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    10 for my scale
    4 for measuring cups/spoons, I only use them when I'm being lazy. I'm working on converting my common recipes to read all in weights instead of cup/spoon measurements but I friggin hate math and it's a pain in the neck for me - and I have a TON of recipes so time consuming as well. But worth it, and then I'll be able to ditch the cups and use just the scale, ahh simplicity in my kitchen drawers :)
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    0 - everything goes on the scale

    This.
  • _crafty_
    _crafty_ Posts: 1,682 Member
    Food scale for solids and measuring cups for liquids!

    Mine measures both. I think most do.

    The only time my measuring cups and spoons make it out of the drawer is when I'm baking.

    Mine said to only weigh water because it wasn't calibrated for other liquids.

    An ounce is an ounce whether it's water or milk or baby food.

    Sure, but most nutrition information for liquids is calculated per mL. For water, 1 mL=1g, but that is NOT true for other liquids; their density varies. Cream is less dense than water, for example, so 1mL does not equal 1g (in fact, density of cream actual varies with temperature as well; using a liquid measuring cup is actually more accurate).

    This is more complex than it needs to be.

    All I'm saying is that if your scale measures in ounces and the nutritional information on whatever you're weighing is in ounces/serving then I don't see where this is an issue.

    I measure my milk into my cereal bowl by putting the bowl on the scale, hitting tare, and then pouring the milk until I have the number of ounces I want.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Food scale for solids and measuring cups for liquids!

    Mine measures both. I think most do.

    The only time my measuring cups and spoons make it out of the drawer is when I'm baking.

    Mine said to only weigh water because it wasn't calibrated for other liquids.

    An ounce is an ounce whether it's water or milk or baby food.

    Sure, but most nutrition information for liquids is calculated per mL. For water, 1 mL=1g, but that is NOT true for other liquids; their density varies. Cream is less dense than water, for example, so 1mL does not equal 1g (in fact, density of cream actual varies with temperature as well; using a liquid measuring cup is actually more accurate).

    This is more complex than it needs to be.

    All I'm saying is that if your scale measures in ounces and the nutritional information on whatever you're weighing is in ounces/serving then I don't see where this is an issue.

    And if your salad dressing's nutrition information is in mL or tablespoons, you will not be able to easily utilize a scale to measure a serving. Tablespoons and measuring cups have their place, and scales are not always appropriate for measuring a liquid's serving size.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Food scale for solids and measuring cups for liquids!

    Mine measures both. I think most do.

    The only time my measuring cups and spoons make it out of the drawer is when I'm baking.

    Mine said to only weigh water because it wasn't calibrated for other liquids.

    An ounce is an ounce whether it's water or milk or baby food.
    Nope. Fluid ounces only equal avoirdupois ounces when the liquid in question has the same density as water.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    If 1 = do not use, then 1. If 1 = use very rarely, then 0.
  • Amandawith3kids
    Amandawith3kids Posts: 367 Member
    my scale is tiny, so i use the measuring cups ON the scale so i can read the weight, otherwise most of my plates cover it up. :) plus i have oodles of them for some strange reason.
  • Slim_strategy
    Slim_strategy Posts: 199
    I actually prefer using the cups and spoons over the scale, constantly weighing everything felt a lot more obsessive to me than putting something in a cup :p and I still seem to lose weight either way
    Importance level - 8 :) I love my cups

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