subfuscpersona
Sous Chef
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- Aug 31, 2004
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QUESTION: when is a pound of butter not a pound of butter?
ANSWER: when it weighs less than a pound!
I weigh ingredients for baking and, over the past couple of years, noticed that a pound of butter was almost always a little short of a pound. I thought it was my scale.
I have since found that Rose Levy Beranbaum (author of several books on baking) mentioned the very same thing on her site in this post
I am getting discouraged about the state of the food industry in the US
ANSWER: when it weighs less than a pound!
I weigh ingredients for baking and, over the past couple of years, noticed that a pound of butter was almost always a little short of a pound. I thought it was my scale.
I have since found that Rose Levy Beranbaum (author of several books on baking) mentioned the very same thing on her site in this post
i’ve been championing the use of scales for baking for years but now i have a new and persuasive argument that just might tip the balance! ...at first i thought it was a fluke but when i mentioned it to other bakers and chefs they also were puzzled and aware of it.
I’ve been finding more and more often that when i unwrap a stick of butter and weigh it, instead of getting the 4 ounces listed on the label, it weighs only around 3.87 ounces. I just don’t get it. there used to be laws and fines that encouraged manufacturers to go a little over the mark rather than risk going under (in more ways than one)!
I am getting discouraged about the state of the food industry in the US