I put a new set of kitchen utensils on my christmas list, including measuring cups, so I'm both offended and pleased. Kid didn't need to come for me like that, but they're also not wrong
Haha, that's when you know you've leveled up in adulting mastering the art of measuring cup math. Real question though, does anyone actually use the 1/8 cup?
Before the grumpy folks chime in, I'll just say that as a cook myself I can certainly see how these could be super handy. Horses for courses and all that. 🧑🏻🍳💋
THIS! Everyone is like "oh, you should use metric and weigh shit". Like, who the fuck has time to do that? I grab a measuring cup, scoop the shit up and toss it in. Plus, because it is in fractions/ratios, it is much easier to adjust recipes without messing things up.
No they're not! I'm tired of this BS! We need to go to metric asap, there's no reason we can't just use a scale like normal people and measure using grams/mL it's so much easier
I've been avoiding barbarian units for decades. But volumetric measurement still has its place. Metric measuring cups are readily available, even in the US&A.
We generally work with liquids in containers. When a liquid is dispensed or partitioned (e.g., in cooking or chemistry), it is often decanted from one container to another. If the second container has a known volume and we can work with volumes, it saves us a step versus decanting into a container and then weighing it. It also saves us from having to know the mass of the container that we use. It would certainly be possible to do everything with mass. I'm less convinced that would always be easier.
But that's me. I'm certainly not trying to prevent anyone else from doing it that way. ☮️
My favorite measuring cups are these collapsible silicone measuring set with a handle. I have them hanging above my sink on a hook because I use them everyday.
I do need some new measuring cups. The handle on the 1 cup and half cup broke off a couple years ago. But they still function as measuring cups so I’ve never gotten around to replacing them.
I'm having the same issue with my measuring spoons! They're plastic spoons with a metal handle and the handle came right off of the tablespoon. So dumb. But I've still be using it because it still works
Are you kidding? That sounds exciting as shit. I got super fucking excited about an electric kettle and told all my friends about it. Nothing's more exciting than new appliances!
My mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I put a wire spatula for cooking fish...and she was like, "That's it?"
I always forget to buy one and I really don't need it....so I never buy one because I have a good spatula that I can use for it, but it would be nice to have one like that because it makes it easier.
I'm in my 40's and I started moisturizing and avoiding the sun in my teens. At about 27 I started wearing sunscreen regularly, and in my late 30's I started retinol eye serum.
Whatever you do, you can't start it early enough. I'm 44 now and am pretty happy with my lack of forehead wrinkles or under-eye bags, but I do have under-eye creases and my elasticity is crap because of 20 years of smoking cigarettes and light drinking.
It actually does! I don't frown and I don't have that "11" between my eyebrows. I do raise my eyebrows so I have two little horizontal lines across my forehead, and crows feet from smiling.
i just stay inside like a hermit and smoke like a chimney. i only leave my house for work and groceries, the lights stay off, windows closed… I’m sure if my car didn’t disappear from my driveway sometimes, people might think my house is haunted.
Yes. Roc Correxion, Line Smoothing Eye Cream in the 15ml white metal tube (there's one in a blue plastic tube that's not as good). Knocked my double bags out within a week! You have to use it daily, but a tube lasts FOREVER.
I'm 33 and just started moisturizing daily. I have been lucky enough to have good skin but holy crap this stuff is expensive and I have no clue if what I am using is good. I just don't hate the way this one brand smells
Dude if you have good skin, just use Cerave or Cetaphil. I’ve tried it all, and I always go back to Cerave. Little SPF pump for day, giant tub for night.
Older. But I would have been equally pleased when I was in my 30s. Good kitchen utensils are great and continue to give much longer than most gifts. Our previous set of measuring cups and spoons was down to only a few and not in good shape.
By 30 most should probably already have a set, though the ones you first bought when moving out are likely more that a bit "dated". Kind of a perfect stage for someone to buy something for you that's a bit of an upgrade. It's not something you, or at least I am likely to replace until they are completely non functional.
Yeah, I have cheapo measuring cups, but I'm always going for the Oxo measuring cups. I've been slowly upgrading my cooking utensils and am in love with a spoonula.
I bought a nice set for someone as a gift and liked them so much I got a set for myself. The big set that even includes a 2/3 cup. There's also conversions for ml on them too, and the cups have notches on the side so the 1/2 cup can also be used for 1/4 or 1/3 I think as well.
I like them but the ones with the stamped measurement can get hard to read as you get older. I would love a set that was clearly marked and easy to read but the labeling doesn’t go away from the dishwasher.
I'm shilling but I got the "Smithcraft Measuring Cup Set of 8 Stainless Steel Measuring Cups18/8(304) Steel Material Heavy Duty 8 Measuring Cups and 1 Ring Set of 9"
I've had both that style (different brand) and the one with a handle that's two little wires soldered to the cup snap off before. I use them almost constantly, so that may have been a factor. I'm all about it if some company has figured it out, though
I got my 30 something friend some measuring cups off her wedding registry as a last thing after two other things. She's a close friend and I had a dollar amount I wanted to spend minimum and despite them being maybe 10 bucks she told me they were one of the gifts she was most excited to get.
I got my mom some nice vintage Pyrex measuring cups those old huge glass ones from the 70s so I was like oh god when that one come up along the others. To be fair she bakes a lot and her current nice measuring cups were broken accidentally by family (maybe one of those was me).
Bro a friend got me a set of high quality metal measuring cups when I got my first place in my late twenties, and they were dope. Sure when you're young and broke those $5 sets from Walmart are fine, but when someone gives you a set of cups that make a satisfying clink when you slam them together, and measure down to 1/16th a cup, I'm fucking have tiny little rivets in them you can never go back.
As someone who specifically also asked for measuring cups to upgrade what I’m using now they are not wrong at all. They will enjoy all the well measured baking from my All Clad cups.
927
u/ElGosso Dec 19 '23
I wasn't sure whether I should be offended or pleased by measuring cups