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Posted By: Jos
12-Feb-19 - 03:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Recipes - what are we eating?
I use an old set of balance scales - a dish on one side and a set of weights on the other. There is a little movable metal weight on the arm of the balance which can be adjusted for complete accuracy. It never goes wrong.
My grandmother had her own measure for a teaspoon of sugar or salt when making bread - the hollow of the palm of her hand.