So I looked it up. I have always used dry measuring cups for everything and will keep doing so. But I think that the discrepancy found here is caused by the fact that to fill the dry measuring cup with liquid, you have to fill it quite literally to the brim and won't even be able to carry it to the bowl without spilling it unless you have some kind of magical and 100 percent accurate level in your hand and brain, which nobody does. That explains why the tiny difference. You may think you are holding it absolutely level as you bring it to your other ingredients, but, of course, you are not.
For home cooking, we have always known that good enough is good enough. But it's still irksome that somehow, our ways of doing things are somehow never considered to be as good. It's like the scratchy sweater your parents made you wear as a child so you wouldn't look like the stereotypical sloppy blind kid. A pox on them all, I say. Guess I need to make some of those buckeyes and improve my blindness attitude today. https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/is-there-really-a-difference-between-liq uid-and-dry-measurements/ -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:22 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Karen Delzer <catwa...@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [CnD] measuring cups Hmmm. Just could be that someone wants their fifteen minutes, ya know? Karen At 10:21 AM 8/18/2020, you wrote: >They are saying that all our cups are a little off. Yes. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark >Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:14 PM >To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >Cc: Karen Delzer <catwa...@verizon.net> >Subject: Re: [CnD] measuring cups > >Well, I don't understand what the issue is. Are they saying that all >our cups are off? Are they saying that, if you want to measure one >thing , you add a little more? What is the issue here? > >Karen > >At 10:11 AM 8/18/2020, you wrote: > >Yes, it does sound like a tempest in a teacup. Except that it's a > >little upsetting to me to find I have ben measuring inaccurately all > >my >life. > >Usually it does not matter. But this would explain why I sometimes > >find my measuring to be a little on the dry side. Most of the time, > >it doesn't matter or I can compensate. But something better would be nice. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > >Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark > >Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:49 AM > >To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > >Cc: Karen Delzer <catwa...@verizon.net> > >Subject: Re: [CnD] measuring cups > > > >Hey, guys, what is the fuss about dry measure and wet measure? I'm > >coming late to this party and thinking it sounds like a tempest in a > >tea >cup. > > > >Karen > >At 08:51 AM 8/18/2020, you wrote: > > >Despite all the stuff in the mainstream press about not using dry > > >measuring cups for liquids, that is the easiest way to measure > > >liquids > >nonvisually. > > >I've never seen a liquid measure with markings on the inside, so > > >you could measure using a clean fingertip or some other marker on > > >the inside of the cup. > > > > > >But I haven't tested these cups against the other dry measuring > > >cups I have that don't have pour spouts. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > > >Behalf Of Gary Metzler via Cookinginthedark > > >Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 4:04 AM > > >To: Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > >Cc: Gary Metzler <gmtra...@comcast.net> > > >Subject: [CnD] measuring cups > > > > > >Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > > >I have a set of the braille measuring cups from bmm. > > > > > > > > > > > >Regards, Gary KN4OXCan they be used for both wet and dry measuring? > > >Thanks for any help. > > > > > >Sendto: gmtra...@comcast.net > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Cookinginthedark mailing list > > >Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > >http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Cookinginthedark mailing list > > >Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > >http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Cookinginthedark mailing list > >Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > >http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Cookinginthedark mailing list > >Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > >http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > >_______________________________________________ >Cookinginthedark mailing list >Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > >_______________________________________________ >Cookinginthedark mailing list >Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
