How often do cookers at home have to deal with an accurate measure of weight when cooking a particular dish. In cookbooks and other recipes from various sources, a clear weight recommendation is always given, but it is not always easy to figure out how to measure the exact quantity, especially if there is no measuring cup or scale at hand. This article will focus on this issue.
How to measure the number of products?
Not every housewife has special scales in the kitchen that show the exact amount of ingredient. However, do not be upset - with the help of spoons you can calculate grams or milliliters of a product with a minimum error. As you know, spoons are tea, coffee, dessert and table. Dessert and coffee, as a rule, rarely make measurements. A coffee spoon from a teaspoon differs only in smaller sizes. When describing the recipe, teaspoons and tablespoons are mainly used.
It is worth saying that devices, being the same in purpose, can have different volumes. Now on the market there are many manufacturers who focus more on the appearance of kitchen cutlery than comply with a certain GOST, therefore in order to measure a certain weight consumption, better use the spoons “originally” from the good old USSR. In any case, the easiest way to measure the volume of any spoon is to fill it with water from the syringe to the edges.
In addition, the volume of a tablespoon varies in different countries. A Russian tablespoon has a volume of 14 to 20 milliliters, in the United States - about 15, and in England - a little less than 14 milliliters. And it is also worth considering that milliliters and grams can vary in the same cutlery. For example, a tablespoon of vegetable oil has 16 milliliters and weighs 18 grams.
Liquids
The easiest is to measure liquids. They can be divided into three groups:
- true weight (water, vinegar, wine);
- dense (liquid honey, dairy liquid products, syrup);
- a mixture of thick consistency (condensed milk, tomato paste, sour cream).
So, the weight of different liquids in milliliters (ml):
- water - 5 ml / h. l .; 18 ml / tbsp. l .;
- vegetable oil - 5 ml / h. l .; 17 ml / st. l .;
- vinegar - 5 ml / h. l .; 18 ml / tbsp. l .;
- milk - 5 ml / h. l .; 20 ml / st. l .;
- tomato juice - 3 ml / h l .; 14 ml / st. l .;
- condensed milk - 12 ml / h. l .; 30 ml / tbsp. l .;
- cream - 10 ml / h. l .; 25 ml / tbsp. l
Bulk products
Consider examples of the weight of bulk products contained in spoons of different volumes in grams (teaspoon / tablespoon):
- salt - 10/30 g;
- sugar - 10/25 g;
- starch - 10/30 g;
- flour - 5/15 g;
- cocoa - 9/25 g;
- ground coffee - 8/20 grams;
- powdered sugar - 10/25 grams;
- decoy - 6/25 grams;
- cereals - 4/12 grams;
- buckwheat - 8/25 grams;
- rice - 8/20 grams;
- barley grits - 6/20 grams;
- barley - 8/25 grams;
- millet groats - 8/25 grams;
- corn grits - 6/20 grams;
- powdered milk - 10/20 grams;
- gelatin - 5/15 grams;
- lemon acid - 8/25 grams;
- baking soda - 12/28 grams;
- breadcrumbs - 5/20 grams;
- cinnamon - 8/20 grams;
- dry seasoning - 8-10 / 20-30 grams;
- egg powder - 9/25 grams;
- oatmeal - 6/22 grams;
- poppy - 8/18 grams.
Nuts
Nuts are often used in pastry recipes and salads, and you need to correctly measure their amount in grams. Below are some approximate dosages of crushed nuts (teaspoon / tablespoon):
- hazelnuts - 7/20 g;
- peanuts - 8/22 g;
- almonds - 7/20 g;
- pine nuts - 6/18 g;
- walnuts - 7/20 g.
If we consider whole nuts without shells, shells and membranes (teaspoon / tablespoon):
- peanuts - 8/25 g;
- pine nuts - 4/10 g;
- almonds - 10/30 g;
- hazelnuts - 10/30 g;
- walnuts - 8/25 g.
How to take measurements?
For the correct measurement of substances, various liquids need to be poured to the brim, and thicker products, such as jam with berries, sour cream, butter, margarine, need to be poured with a small slide. This also applies to various cereals and bulk. Especially you do not need to tamp and shake them when measuring the dosage, as this may affect the final weight of the product.
It is precisely known that by the measure of one glass 11 tablespoons of any cereal and 10 tablespoons of salt or sugar are placed in it. When it is not possible to measure a large volume with a glass, use a tablespoon instead.
It is worth remembering that Measure products only in dry and fresh form. Agree that wet sugar will be heavier than dry, and the missing, fermented kefir is thicker than fresh. Accordingly, both weight and volume will differ from what you need. Of course, a discrepancy of several grams will not greatly affect the taste and appearance of the dish, but if you are making cosmetics, medicinal infusions or syrups, then the accuracy of the dosage will be very important.
If there is no desire to buy special cutlery with measured risks for these purposes, then a syringe of 20 cubic centimeters will help you. Draw water into it and fill a tablespoon. It is believed that in a standard appliance 18 milliliters, and in a teaspoon - 5. Put these spoons in a separate place or somehow mark, and then use them when measuring.
See video tips below on how to measure the right amount of food without weights.
