Re: US English take on bread

June Hughes <junehughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I balance the scales with the same amounts of flour, sugar and butter.
I shan't be able to do that with the new electronic scales.

Sure you will:
Put the eggs on the scale in the same container you can put the other stuff
in, press "tare"
Zero is now the weight of the eggs.
Put other stuff on until the reading comes up to zero; mine will happily
display negative numbers.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
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