Spent $28 on a digital food scale for baking and it exposed my grandma's old 'handful' measurements

Ngl I thought I was a decent baker until I weighed out flour instead of scooping it. Turns out my grandma's 'cup of flour' was like 40% too heavy and now my biscuits actually rise. Has anyone else had a family recipe fall apart when you actually measured stuff right?

2 comments

2 Comments

grant.jade19d agoMost Upvoted

My mom's "pinch of salt" was actually a full teaspoon and I didn't find out until I was 30. I tried making her famous banana bread with proper measurements and it came out tasting like a salt lick. The worst part is I told her about it and she just shrugged and said "well I always used my palm." So now I have to decide between edible biscuits and betraying three generations of family tradition.

leobrown18d ago

Waited til I was 27 to ask my grandma for her "secret ingredient" in her chili and it was literally a whole stick of butter she'd melt in at the end. Tried making it without once and it tasted like sadness in a bowl. Now I just embrace the butter and accept that family recipes are more about love than logic.