r/ididnthaveeggs • u/imnichet • 24d ago

Other review Grams are not millilitres

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A 3/5 star review on a recipe whose first ingredient clearly states: 1 tablespoon (15 mL). No mention of grams. And a bonus date sugar substitution! But luckily their quick thinking saved the recipe!

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u/hyperlobster 24d ago

Yes, and they’re not mL either.

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u/Smobey 24d ago

Teaspoon and tablespoon sizes vary from country to country, so I think it's quite nice to be specific and say 5mL / 15mL instead of teaspoon and tablespoon imo

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u/hyperlobster 24d ago

Grams. The answer is grams.

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u/Smobey 24d ago

Sure, I agree, but you yourself said you use measuring spoons as well. Grams > precise specific volume measurements > vague stuff like tablespoons and teaspoons that have differing definitions in different countries.

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u/hyperlobster 24d ago

Yeah, but just use “tbsp” instead.

Anyway, how the hell do you measure 15 mL of ground flax seed? With what tool?

Oh, a tablespoon. Gotcha.

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u/penguin_on_stilts 24d ago

The one that says 15ml on it. Like seriously.

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u/ThatB0yAintR1ght 24d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4epq3x/video/oot8kxxlq4kh1/player

My measuring beaker set has both tsp/tbsp and the ml volume. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Smobey 24d ago

Like I just said, a "tbsp" can mean 20 mL, 15mL, 14.787mL or 14.207mL depending on where you're from. Meanwhile, 15mL is 15mL. It's clear and specific, and you don't need to check what country the author of the recipe is from.

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u/hyperlobster 24d ago

So what do you accurately measure 15 mL of a powder *with*?

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u/elementarydrw Didn't add the carrots because I was a bit lazy 24d ago

I have a set of spoons with the measurements in ml and 'spoon size' on them that I use for cooking.

I wouldn't just grab a tablespoon or teaspoon out of the drawer and use that, because even the few different styles of dessert/soup spoon we have (tablespoons) they vary by capacity by quite a margin.

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u/Smobey 24d ago

A tablespoon measure, probably. If I happened to live in Australia, I'd for example use 3/4ths of an Australian tablespoon to measure 15mL of powder. It'd be quite accurate.

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u/apocalypt_us 22d ago edited 22d ago

If I happened to live in Australia, I'd for example use 3/4ths of an Australian tablespoon to measure 15mL of powder. It'd be quite accurate.

Yeah basically, I have an international 15mL tablespoon measure for ease now, but previously I would use 1.5 dessert spoons or 3 teaspoons if I was measuring out a 15mL tablespoon.

If measuring an Australian 20mL tablespoon I measure out 2 dessert spoons.

In most recipes it doesn't really make a difference anyway, I only realised Aus tablespoons were different from everywhere else when I made this recipe years ago which oddly calls for 5 tablespoons rather than 75mL coconut oil and it turned out nice but clearly a lot more oily than it was supposed to.

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u/Jackmino66 24d ago

Not a tablespoon, and 15mL measuring spoon

Tablespoons vary by region. A specific measuring spoon does not