Dear Americans;
What does âtwo tablespoons of butterâ look like?
I have cups for your recipes that need cups, whilst recognising that âcupsâ isnât really a standard measure as in a âcupâ to one is not another's âcupâ
But when I try to research what âa tablespoon of butterâ is the results are absolutely wild, 30 grams?
So please, help me out, what is a tablespoon of butter? Visual aids would be most appreciated wherever possible. Thank you!
When people ask for a tablespoon I think of the thing that most people use to eat a bowl of cereal. I donât like tablespoons, I eat everything with a teaspoon.
A standard colloquial tablespoon in my drawer holds 7.5ml of water edge to edge, which is exactly the 1/2 tablespoon measure on my actual spoon measures.
The actual tablespoon measure I have which is 15mls comes out to weighing around 12g of water.
A scoop of butter with this measure is approximately 14g.
But looking at sticks of butter with âtablespoonâ measures it looks closer to 20 or 25g and some recipes have said to is means 20-25g.
DO YOU SEE WHY I AM STRESSED
@james I love this. obviously not that you're stressed, but that this also causes stress for you. my grandma has been baking her whole life and even though we have these wonderful metric measurement systems in $not-usa she would just add $stuff to the dough and I was desperately circling her trying to measure EVERYTHING so that I would have a proper recipe in the end đ .
@james she was cute and told me that this is something you do "nach GefĂźhl" which translates to "season to taste" but more literally "according to your feeling" and it makes me mad because I have an innate need to standardize this "feeling" lol. Also... I'm just learning to bake this... I have no feel for this dough. Let me have peace and a recipe with proper measurements đ.
@kmohrf mood! What is the stuff! What are you adding! How much! Why?!
@kmohrf I am terrible at baking. To the point that Iâve helped partners with little bits, simple tasks like âstirringâ and somehow end up splitting the mix.
