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Do you ever use a kitchen scale or instead just go by feel?

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>>16810709
I use a kitchen scale probably 10 times a day because I count calories and always weigh my food to know how much I'm eating. Outside of that I've started using a scale to weigh my dry ingredients when I'm baking because I noticed that a "cup" of flour can very wildly. Plenty of times I've put in a cup of flour but the flour is packed in the measuring scoop so I get way more than I plan.

>> No.16810735

>>16810709
Measuring is useful. Spices I tend to do more by taste though.

>> No.16810740

Baking and pasta, because I can't portion pasta for shit.

>> No.16810908

>>16810709
All I have is feels

>> No.16810941

>>16810709
You should only be using a kitchen scale if you're trying to lose weight, trying to gain weight, or measuring protein/calorie amounts for muscle growth.

>> No.16811023

>>16810709
Winging it is for cooking. Scales are needed for baking.

>> No.16811028

>>16810709
For baking, always.

>> No.16811388

>>16810709
I use a kitchen scale when it lets me just pour stuff straight into the bowl instead of dirtying a scoop. It's not just for accuracy it can also help you be lazy. I also use it for measuring stuff like dry pasta, I used to eyeball it but I would always put too much.

>> No.16811391

>>16810709
Scale for baking and canning.

Everything else can be done by eye / taste.

>> No.16811393

im shitty hobbyist cook so i just wing it usually. i would for baking but i don’t wanna be tied down to a recipe and not freestyle it