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Scientists of Lemmy, how would you standardize or improve cooking recipes? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by comfy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm sick of having to look up what country an author is from to know which variant of teaspoon they're using or how big their lemons are compared to mine. It's amateur hour out there, I want those homely family recipes up to standard!

What are some good lessons from scientific documentation which should be encouraged in cooking recipes? What are some issues with recipes you've seen which have tripped you up?

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[–] b34k@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

All solids should be listed by weight.

All liquids should be listed by volume.

SI units only. (Grams for solids, mL for liquids)

More graduated cylinders and volumetric flasks in the kitchen please.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Why would you want anything by volume? Mass is so much easier. 50 ml of honey is way more annoying to get into a recipe than dumping it right into whatever container the rest of the ingredients are in while it's sat on a scale.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

5ml of vanilla is a lot easier to measure than by weight would be

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Sure, we could say viscous liquids can use mass. I’d say most liquids with a viscosity close to water will be easier to measure out by volume than risk over pouring when going right into weigh boat / mixing bowl.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

I agree. Mass all the way. It's especially complicated when the liquids are viscous and stick to your measuring vessel.

The only time volume is permitted is if it's too light for a typical kitchen scale to measure.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 5 points 14 hours ago

We should all use Einstein-Landauer units.

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

I thought SI Unit for volume is m3

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 points 4 hours ago

True, but square and cubic units are inconvenient due to the way prefixes work. Use liters to solve that problem.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

same thing, one cubic centimeter is one ml

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

But 1L is not 1m³

Liters are non-SI

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

1L is 1dm³ (10cm³)

They aren't "official" SI units but they dont require funny conversions and i'd much rather see liters then teaspoons

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Yeah I would also preffer liters even over m³. Was being pedantic on you saying it's the same thing

[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

To be completely pedantic, neither of those are SI compliant. A quantity-unit combination is not a single word and the two should always be separated by a space.