Do you use digital kitchen scales for things like rice etc?

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  • claire_donegal84
    claire_donegal84 Posts: 47 Member
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    Mine was from Argos - Salter digital, really simple to use! I weight EVERYTHING!
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    Yes I think its a Salter one i'll get..
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
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    Yep - I weigh everything - even after 2 years plus......
  • squindles
    squindles Posts: 350 Member
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    If i guesstimate, I'm always OVER :blushing: so now I weigh everything :smile:
  • sprintto50
    sprintto50 Posts: 410 Member
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    I've had digital kitchen scales for baking for years and use it daily for portion control. For the price, it's one of the best value gadgets in my kitchen. I have a Startfrit that I got onsale at Canadian Tire for $10 (66% off) just recently because my old one bit the dust and I wouldn't be without one.
  • tricksee
    tricksee Posts: 835 Member
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    never weighed anything. Don't believe in numbers.
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
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    never weighed anything. Don't believe in numbers.

    How can you not believe in numbers? I can assure you they exist. :laugh:

    Yes, I use a food scale and I weigh everything. You would be shocked at how much guesstimating bumps your calories up.

    I was shocked the first time I poured out the recommended serving of 75g of rice. I'd normally eat 3 times that. Now I eat the 75g and it looks like loads!
  • KNarrainen
    KNarrainen Posts: 135 Member
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    Weighing everything is the only way to be sure that you really know what you're having, it is a wake up call for what a real portion is.

    I've even recently measured olive spread on sandwiches and that gave me a bit of a shock too, so have started spreading thinner.
  • claire_donegal84
    claire_donegal84 Posts: 47 Member
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    Just bought one :-)
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
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    If you want optimal results, weigh everything without exception.
  • mrfrodogetdown
    mrfrodogetdown Posts: 54 Member
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    No, but only because I was a cook for quite a while and know, with very little error, how much of what is what by feel and eyeballing it. If I didn't have the experience, I would if I were really serious about this.

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