Re: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

[Esther Levegnale]

hi, everyone, I always spoon flour into a measuring cup. I learned that the 
hard way!☺️ Esther

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!

> On Sep 24, 2022, at 4:41 PM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Oh yes!  Always spoon flour into measuring cups.  I learned about that years 
> ago.
> A very helpful tip, though tedious.
> That is where weighing makes more sense.
>  
>  
>  
> Richard
> “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought 
> which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard
>  
> My web site: https://www.turner42.com
> 礪
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:52 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart
>  
> Measuring whether using cups or a scale is no different exact using a cup is 
> not very accurate. If you want it to be as accurate as possible especially 
> for floour you have to spoon the flour into the cup because if you scoop it 
> in then it gets compressed and instead of the approx. 120 grams which a cup 
> of all purpose flour should weigh you may have 20% more which makes a huge 
> difference.
> If I need 4.5 cups of flour it's actually a lot faster to weigh it than to 
> use first a 1-cup measurement and then a half cup measurement.
> I enjoy cooking but baking even more and I enjoy the precision and the 
> process (and of course the results).
> I don't have that much time to do a lot which is probably good because while 
> I don't gain weight that easily, I will gain weight if I eat lots of sweets 
> and besides its not good for you despite how good it seems to be 
> But for me Christmas without a German Stollen, certain types of cookies and 
> lots of Marzipan is just not right. Oh, and lets not forget hot mulled wine 
> with spices.
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> deidreandlou...@gmail.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart
>  
>Reading this post made me hungry, and want to have a live in 
> Sieghart. Measuring out the exact weight of  ingredients as you put a baked 
> good together is true  commitment to cooking.
>  
>Deidre
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of This 
> Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 1:23 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: seeking recommendations for kitchen scales and cooking 
> thermometers
>  
> Hello Keith,
>  
> I personally find the talking scales from my Weigh to work best. I should 
> mention that I haven't tried a connected scale yet, but my problem with them 
> is that each time you want to weigh something you have to get out your 
> iPhone, I assume you would have to use some app to work with the scale and 
> then hopefully the scale once setup connects without fuss and can provide a 
> continuous readout as you add whatever ingredient you are weighing to the 
> scale.
> I enjoy cooking and baking and even if I say so myself I am quite good at it 
> having been taught by my Mom who has her Masters in home economics from 
> Germany back when she was young in the late 50's and early 60's. Back then 
> they were taught so many basics and of course while she is not a Chef, her 
> education included a lot of cooking and baking. Anyways, recipes from Germany 
> always have ingredients listed in grams which of course is much more precise 
> than using cups and spoons with the exception of some spices where it called 
> for a teaspoon of ground cumin or cloves or cinnamon in which case the 
> teaspoon is fine since that would only be 2 or 3 grams at best which is 
> difficult to weigh.
> If I bake and have to weigh flour, sugar, butter and whatever other 
> ingredients I may need I want to be able to do so quickly and accurately and 
> the My Weigh talking scale I have allows me to do this.
> Just as one example, we have a traditional Christmas cake in Germany called 
> "Stollen" which is a yeast dough with a ton of stuff in it like ground 
> almonds, 3 different types of raisins, fresh ginger, candied ginger, candied 
> orange peel, candied lemon peel, so I have to weigh all that in addition to 
> flour, butter, milk (I also weigh liquids), yeast and without a scale where 
> you can do this quickly and without fuss it would be a pain in the neck.
>  
> I know this topic has come up before and I think it was Krister who said his 
> My Weigh scales always break and never work more than a few months or maybe a 
> year, but that is not my experience. I had my first My Weigh scale for I 
> think around 20 years when it did at s

RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

[Richard Turner]

Oh yes!  Always spoon flour into measuring cups.  I learned about that years 
ago.

A very helpful tip, though tedious.

That is where weighing makes more sense.

 

 

 

Richard

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought 
which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard

 

My web site:  <https://www.turner42.com/> https://www.turner42.com

礪

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

 

Measuring whether using cups or a scale is no different exact using a cup is 
not very accurate. If you want it to be as accurate as possible especially for 
floour you have to spoon the flour into the cup because if you scoop it in then 
it gets compressed and instead of the approx. 120 grams which a cup of all 
purpose flour should weigh you may have 20% more which makes a huge difference.

If I need 4.5 cups of flour it's actually a lot faster to weigh it than to use 
first a 1-cup measurement and then a half cup measurement.

I enjoy cooking but baking even more and I enjoy the precision and the process 
(and of course the results).

I don't have that much time to do a lot which is probably good because while I 
don't gain weight that easily, I will gain weight if I eat lots of sweets and 
besides its not good for you despite how good it seems to be 

But for me Christmas without a German Stollen, certain types of cookies and 
lots of Marzipan is just not right. Oh, and lets not forget hot mulled wine 
with spices.

 

 

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mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
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Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

 

   Reading this post made me hungry, and want to have a live in 
Sieghart. Measuring out the exact weight of  ingredients as you put a baked 
good together is true  commitment to cooking.

 

   Deidre

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of This 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 1:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: RE: seeking recommendations for kitchen scales and cooking thermometers

 

Hello Keith,

 

I personally find the talking scales from my Weigh to work best. I should 
mention that I haven't tried a connected scale yet, but my problem with them is 
that each time you want to weigh something you have to get out your iPhone, I 
assume you would have to use some app to work with the scale and then hopefully 
the scale once setup connects without fuss and can provide a continuous readout 
as you add whatever ingredient you are weighing to the scale.

I enjoy cooking and baking and even if I say so myself I am quite good at it 
having been taught by my Mom who has her Masters in home economics from Germany 
back when she was young in the late 50's and early 60's. Back then they were 
taught so many basics and of course while she is not a Chef, her education 
included a lot of cooking and baking. Anyways, recipes from Germany always have 
ingredients listed in grams which of course is much more precise than using 
cups and spoons with the exception of some spices where it called for a 
teaspoon of ground cumin or cloves or cinnamon in which case the teaspoon is 
fine since that would only be 2 or 3 grams at best which is difficult to weigh.

If I bake and have to weigh flour, sugar, butter and whatever other ingredients 
I may need I want to be able to do so quickly and accurately and the My Weigh 
talking scale I have allows me to do this.

Just as one example, we have a traditional Christmas cake in Germany called 
"Stollen" which is a yeast dough with a ton of stuff in it like ground almonds, 
3 different types of raisins, fresh ginger, candied ginger, candied orange 
peel, candied lemon peel, so I have to weigh all that in addition to flour, 
butter, milk (I also weigh liquids), yeast and without a scale where you can do 
this quickly and without fuss it would be a pain in the neck. 

 

I know this topic has come up before and I think it was Krister who said his My 
Weigh scales always break and never work more than a few months or maybe a 
year, but that is not my experience. I had my first My Weigh scale for I think 
around 20 years when it did at some point not work any more. It was the 
VOX-3000 and the surprising thing is that when I contacted My weigh they 
offered to replace it with a new scale for only the shipping cost which I 
thought was amazing. I now have had that replacement scale for probably the 
last 4 or 5 years and it just works.

 

I just did a quick sea

RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

[deidreandlouise]

   Wow, precision alright, and power to the talking cooking scale 
makers. 

it was already obvious that you, Sieghart, were serious and now 100 times even 
more so. I spent 6 months in Germany in 1977 when I was still a teenager and 
loved it. 

   I loved the whole ritual of making Feuersangenbowler, but don't 
scream if I badly badgered the spelling. It sure gave me a serious buzz and 
warmed me up to the very core one night when I came in from the cold and 
unsuspecting, was given a cup of it for the first time. We must have prepared 
ourselves at another time because the sugar loaf, the pedestal it was placed 
on, the saturating it with liquor then setting it on fire then watch while it 
dissolved into the bowl was amazing.

 

   Deidre

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 2:52 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

 

Measuring whether using cups or a scale is no different exact using a cup is 
not very accurate. If you want it to be as accurate as possible especially for 
floour you have to spoon the flour into the cup because if you scoop it in then 
it gets compressed and instead of the approx. 120 grams which a cup of all 
purpose flour should weigh you may have 20% more which makes a huge difference.

If I need 4.5 cups of flour it's actually a lot faster to weigh it than to use 
first a 1-cup measurement and then a half cup measurement.

I enjoy cooking but baking even more and I enjoy the precision and the process 
(and of course the results).

I don't have that much time to do a lot which is probably good because while I 
don't gain weight that easily, I will gain weight if I eat lots of sweets and 
besides its not good for you despite how good it seems to be 

But for me Christmas without a German Stollen, certain types of cookies and 
lots of Marzipan is just not right. Oh, and lets not forget hot mulled wine 
with spices.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
deidreandlou...@gmail.com <mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

 

   Reading this post made me hungry, and want to have a live in 
Sieghart. Measuring out the exact weight of  ingredients as you put a baked 
good together is true  commitment to cooking.

 

   Deidre

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of This 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 1:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: RE: seeking recommendations for kitchen scales and cooking thermometers

 

Hello Keith,

 

I personally find the talking scales from my Weigh to work best. I should 
mention that I haven't tried a connected scale yet, but my problem with them is 
that each time you want to weigh something you have to get out your iPhone, I 
assume you would have to use some app to work with the scale and then hopefully 
the scale once setup connects without fuss and can provide a continuous readout 
as you add whatever ingredient you are weighing to the scale.

I enjoy cooking and baking and even if I say so myself I am quite good at it 
having been taught by my Mom who has her Masters in home economics from Germany 
back when she was young in the late 50's and early 60's. Back then they were 
taught so many basics and of course while she is not a Chef, her education 
included a lot of cooking and baking. Anyways, recipes from Germany always have 
ingredients listed in grams which of course is much more precise than using 
cups and spoons with the exception of some spices where it called for a 
teaspoon of ground cumin or cloves or cinnamon in which case the teaspoon is 
fine since that would only be 2 or 3 grams at best which is difficult to weigh.

If I bake and have to weigh flour, sugar, butter and whatever other ingredients 
I may need I want to be able to do so quickly and accurately and the My Weigh 
talking scale I have allows me to do this.

Just as one example, we have a traditional Christmas cake in Germany called 
"Stollen" which is a yeast dough with a ton of stuff in it like ground almonds, 
3 different types of raisins, fresh ginger, candied ginger, candied orange 
peel, candied lemon peel, so I have to weigh all that in addition to flour, 
butter, milk (I also weigh liquids), yeast and without a scale where you can do 
this quickly and without fuss it would be a pain in the neck. 

 

I know this topic has come up before and I think it was Krister who said his My 
Weigh scales always break and never work more than a few months or maybe a 
year, but that is not my experience. 

RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Measuring whether using cups or a scale is no different exact using a cup is 
not very accurate. If you want it to be as accurate as possible especially for 
floour you have to spoon the flour into the cup because if you scoop it in then 
it gets compressed and instead of the approx. 120 grams which a cup of all 
purpose flour should weigh you may have 20% more which makes a huge difference.
If I need 4.5 cups of flour it's actually a lot faster to weigh it than to use 
first a 1-cup measurement and then a half cup measurement.
I enjoy cooking but baking even more and I enjoy the precision and the process 
(and of course the results).
I don't have that much time to do a lot which is probably good because while I 
don't gain weight that easily, I will gain weight if I eat lots of sweets and 
besides its not good for you despite how good it seems to be 
But for me Christmas without a German Stollen, certain types of cookies and 
lots of Marzipan is just not right. Oh, and lets not forget hot mulled wine 
with spices.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
deidreandlou...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

   Reading this post made me hungry, and want to have a live in 
Sieghart. Measuring out the exact weight of  ingredients as you put a baked 
good together is true  commitment to cooking.

   Deidre

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of This 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 1:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: seeking recommendations for kitchen scales and cooking thermometers


Hello Keith,



I personally find the talking scales from my Weigh to work best. I should 
mention that I haven't tried a connected scale yet, but my problem with them is 
that each time you want to weigh something you have to get out your iPhone, I 
assume you would have to use some app to work with the scale and then hopefully 
the scale once setup connects without fuss and can provide a continuous readout 
as you add whatever ingredient you are weighing to the scale.

I enjoy cooking and baking and even if I say so myself I am quite good at it 
having been taught by my Mom who has her Masters in home economics from Germany 
back when she was young in the late 50's and early 60's. Back then they were 
taught so many basics and of course while she is not a Chef, her education 
included a lot of cooking and baking. Anyways, recipes from Germany always have 
ingredients listed in grams which of course is much more precise than using 
cups and spoons with the exception of some spices where it called for a 
teaspoon of ground cumin or cloves or cinnamon in which case the teaspoon is 
fine since that would only be 2 or 3 grams at best which is difficult to weigh.

If I bake and have to weigh flour, sugar, butter and whatever other ingredients 
I may need I want to be able to do so quickly and accurately and the My Weigh 
talking scale I have allows me to do this.

Just as one example, we have a traditional Christmas cake in Germany called 
"Stollen" which is a yeast dough with a ton of stuff in it like ground almonds, 
3 different types of raisins, fresh ginger, candied ginger, candied orange 
peel, candied lemon peel, so I have to weigh all that in addition to flour, 
butter, milk (I also weigh liquids), yeast and without a scale where you can do 
this quickly and without fuss it would be a pain in the neck.



I know this topic has come up before and I think it was Krister who said his My 
Weigh scales always break and never work more than a few months or maybe a 
year, but that is not my experience. I had my first My Weigh scale for I think 
around 20 years when it did at some point not work any more. It was the 
VOX-3000 and the surprising thing is that when I contacted My weigh they 
offered to replace it with a new scale for only the shipping cost which I 
thought was amazing. I now have had that replacement scale for probably the 
last 4 or 5 years and it just works.



I just did a quick search and here are the links and brief descriptions:



VOX-3000: The world’s only precision talking kitchen scale.

It uses a 9 Volt battery and has a 1 gram accuracy just as the Vox-2 which I 
think is a newer model although they must have updated the Vox-3000 since it 
says now that it can talk in English, Spanish, fRench and German and my old one 
could only speak English as far as I know. The Vox-3000 also has a round 
platform and comes with a plastic bowl which has a rim around the bottom which 
sits on the platform so it actually cannot just slide off if you accidently 
push against it.

For some reason they don't list the capacity of the Vox-3000, but if I remember 
correctly it weighs up to 3000 grams as is implied in the model name, so 3 Kg 
or 6.6 pounds.



My Weigh Vox 3000 |