Re: OT: "I'm Worried About Graham". 🙏

On 2024-11-08 4:56 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:

On 08/11/2024 03:47, Bruce wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 20:51:45 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
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On 11/7/2024 7:11 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 16:44:19 +0000, gm wrote:
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Yes, indeed, the election
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(snipped crapola)
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Not to worry.  He's probably carefully bundling up those
chewy oatmeal cookies and getting them ready to send to me.

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I can attest, those chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are delicious!  I do
have to say I can't imagine bothering to weigh all the dry ingredients
on a scale to bake a batch of cookies.  Never had a cookie failure by
simply following the directions that said "1-1/2 c. AP flour, leveled".

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I don't think weighing's more work than measuring 1-1.5 cup, leveled.
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Agreed. More accurate, and less washing up.

The nail in the coffin for cups goes back 30 years or so when I was
trying to make Coccodrillo for the first time. This is an Italian
bread with a 110% hydration. The recipe used weights for the flour
but cups for the liquids. However, I used a Canadian 250ml cup but
the recipe was in an American book using a 236ml cup. You might think
that 14ml shouldn't make that much difference but it did and I had to
discard the slop.
Here's what the bread looked like when I got it right:
https://postimg.cc/18Dxf2Xx