Assorted Science Links (Feb 2020)
Leap day edition of my monthly science links (aka monthly cleaning out my bookmarks).
Posts about baking
The Delightful Diversity of “Cup” Sizes in UK/US/AU/NZ Cooking
Volumetric measurements (using the volume of a container) are inferior to Gravimetric measurements (i.e. weight) in most ways. Weighing is faster (for a given pareto-optimal degree of accuracy), can achieve greater accuracy, and most importantly there will be less dishes to clean up afterwards.
Most irritatingly, “cups” and “spoons” mean different amounts in different countries. Even worse, sometimes three “thirds” of a cup are less than one cup…
[Updated 2020-03-22: Added cup densities for wheat bran and oat bran]