Cooking & Baking

So, I weigh most every recipe. It's just easier for me. I weigh each potatoe separately and keep a running total in my head. It's usually a little over 2 lbs of potatoes. Big potatoes weigh a lot.

But for more complicated recipes, I prefer to do it by weight. Most European recipes are by weight...grams. It's more accurate and then no need to wash measuring cups.

There is a feature on most scales that you can tare your container's weight. Put your container on the scale. Press tare....it will zero out the container weight and just give you the weight of what you add to the container.

A small scale is the best kitchen tool I have ever bought.