How do the culinary schools in the US teach cooking? Based on volume or weight (mass)?
Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer [Dept of Transportation Logo-with gov and commish names-memo] From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 8:42 PM To: Pierre Abbat; usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA 260] Re: How common are kitchen scales? ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. I bought mine online but B&M stores like Williams Sonoma, Sur La Table definitely carry them. Also plenty of articles about professional chefs using weight, but MOST American recipes are volume-based and many people don't see the need. If you wanted one, there is no problem finding a large selection to choose from. Definitely better deals online though for this type of item. ________________________________ From: Pierre Abbat <p...@bezitopo.org<mailto:p...@bezitopo.org>> To: usma@colostate.edu<mailto:usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 7:32 PM Subject: [USMA 259] Re: How common are kitchen scales? On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:18:45 jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net<mailto:jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > In the US, I would say relatively rare. It would almost require some > special interest, portion control for diabetes or weigh loss, interest in > cooking "foreign" recipes, etc. If the household has one, it is likely to > be a spring type, and moderate capacity to determine cooking times for > large cuts of meat, roasts, turkeys, etc. My current preferred scale is 4 > kg x 0.5 g, but I have some older ones. I do not have one suitable for > small amounts of ingredients; salt, spices, etc. have to be measured by > volume. Like all Americans, I also have an adequate supply of measuring > cups and spoons. How hard would it be for someone in the US to buy a scale? Would he find it at a kitchen store? I bought mine online and it's been years since I've been in a kitchen store. I'm pretty sure there's one in (I think) Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, and there may be one in the mall in Asheville, but I was looking for a suitcase, not a kitchen tool. The email is partly written; I may send it on Sunday. Pierre -- gau do li'i co'e kei do _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu<mailto:USMA@colostate.edu> https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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