Weighing your food

cherryd69

Im still trying to come to terms with these kind of posts...

Iv owned a set of scales for over 15yrs...


How do you cook recipes without a set of scales?


Granted, i didnt use mine to weigh out my portions like i do now.... but its not some wonderful magical item that the weight loss pixies invented.....

Its an everyday kitchen appliance... simply put, a kitchen isnt a kitchen without a set of scales!

Here's the best way to understand these posts... not everyone was raised like you, thinks like you, acts like you or is you.

I used measuring cups and spoons for all of my recipes before I had a scale.

It's an everyday kitchen appliance to someone like you but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the 'average' kitchen doesn't use one on a daily basis.

Its the way i was taught in school, we used scales to measure large dry ingredients or meats and veg, liquids/spices were measured with spoons *small amounts* or jugs...

But even before the days of school there has always been a set of scales in my mums/nans/relatives kitchen.

You can pick a set up for around £3

*shrug*

PezAzul

Its the way i was taught in school, we used scales to measure large dry ingredients or meats and veg, liquids/spices were measured with spoons *small amounts* or jugs...

But even before the days of school there has always been a set of scales in my mums/nans/relatives kitchen.

You can pick a set up for around £3

*shrug*

You say "set of scales", do you mean measuring cups? I assume so if you are saying you can pick up a set for around $4.50 USD. We are talking about food scales that measure food by weight, not measurement. They are more expensive, at the low end of $15 USD on up.

I come from a large family who loves too cook and bake. No one has food scales and I've never seen them used. I've always cooked very well and never used scales. The only reason I use it is to get an exact count on my calories. In terms of measuring a serving size, this actually IS a magical item in my kitchen.

laele75

I use my food scale for everything. Even measuring liquids. Especially liquids. It's the only way I can keep track of portions. I love mine.

Brad805

I always find interesting that plateau thread typically never start by mentioning the use of a kitchen scale. Hmm, how odd? Even a few weeks will give you the necessary judgement skills.

I am not suggesting there are no plateaus in the fat loss game, but this device sure does rule out one of the more common problems.

andysmom

I love my scale. I weigh salad dressing too. I will put my bowl full of salad on the scale and "zero" it out and then start pouring dressing. The kind I use says a serving is 31g...so I will pour until then. I find it easier than using measuring cups and spoons a lot of times.

That is a BRILLIANT idea!

madisons_mummy

Peanut butter on bread is now easy, just tare the scale after adding the plate and bread and add the peanut butter by the gram.

Easier way that I do it is...put peanut butter jar on scale, tare and take out till you reach (in negative numbers) how much you want. IE for 15 grams, it will say -15 grams.

A lot easier than trying to put peanut butter on a piece of bread on the scale lol

I also put my dinner plate on the scale and tare and weigh any food or sauces I use and just tare after each one

ldrosophila

it is the ONLY thing that works for me.

Ely82010

Its the way i was taught in school, we used scales to measure large dry ingredients or meats and veg, liquids/spices were measured with spoons *small amounts* or jugs...

But even before the days of school there has always been a set of scales in my mums/nans/relatives kitchen.

You can pick a set up for around £3

*shrug*

You say "set of scales", do you mean measuring cups? I assume so if you are saying you can pick up a set for around $4.50 USD. We are talking about food scales that measure food by weight, not measurement. They are more expensive, at the low end of $15 USD on up.

I come from a large family who loves too cook and bake. No one has food scales and I've never seen them used. I've always cooked very well and never used scales. The only reason I use it is to get an exact count on my calories. In terms of measuring a serving size, this actually IS a magical item in my kitchen.

Agree! I never owned a scale until I joined MFP. Since I don't bake, following exact directions was never that important for my cooking. I fallowed my mother's guidance and I "eye balled" everything.

I wish I could take my scale to the restaurants to know exactly how much I am getting/eating. But that will be too much in my opinion, and not welcomed by my husband or the waitress.

On the other hand, if anybody knows of a scale that also washes the dishes, please let me know...:happy:

candicane32081

I measure and weigh everything! My husband gets a kick out of me! Scales makes it a lot easier, also I whip out the measuring cups with everything.

_Zardoz_

I wonder if it's a U.S thing I don't think I've ever known any home in the UK without a scale. I frequently see on these boards people asking if they should buy one. Also in the UK in my experience cups a are not a thing that everyone uses for anything other than liquids because they are not consistently accurate for solids because it can all depends on if you stuff the cup or how the contents settle

aliceb39

In my experience, Europeans use weight (grams/pounds) for solids, while the US uses volume (teaspoons/cups), so many US homes don't have a scale. I use a free digital postal scale that I got from stamps.com; digital is the only way to go! 8^) Thanks for the tip about the scale from Harbor Freight that also uses grams; I just may buy that this weekend!

cherryd69

Its the way i was taught in school, we used scales to measure large dry ingredients or meats and veg, liquids/spices were measured with spoons *small amounts* or jugs...

But even before the days of school there has always been a set of scales in my mums/nans/relatives kitchen.

You can pick a set up for around £3

*shrug*

You say "set of scales", do you mean measuring cups? I assume so if you are saying you can pick up a set for around $4.50 USD. We are talking about food scales that measure food by weight, not measurement. They are more expensive, at the low end of $15 USD on up.

I come from a large family who loves too cook and bake. No one has food scales and I've never seen them used. I've always cooked very well and never used scales. The only reason I use it is to get an exact count on my calories. In terms of measuring a serving size, this actually IS a magical item in my kitchen.

Nope i mean a set of scales... cups are for drinking out of.. nothing else.