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6 Responses to “Does EVERYONE in the UK own kitchen scales?”

1. ♠ Merlin ♠ on February 28th, 2011 | 9:25 pm

   

   i do
   and most people do

   but although i am in Scotland
   i use more and more american recipes
   so i also own cups, and i have to admit it makes much more sense
   i use it more and more now

   i have wireless digital scales
   they look like a clock on the wall
   you take the outer disk off and put on the counter, weigh your things and the remaining disk on the wall tells you your weighs

   awesome
   but the cup method is so much easier

2. carysmith87 on February 28th, 2011 | 9:25 pm

   

   yes

3. (♀♊☉3D)(♌☾)(♒☊)(♊☿)(♊♀)(♓♂) on February 28th, 2011 | 9:25 pm

   

   Scales are cheap here in the UK, not every household has one though, mainly because people don’t have time to bake their own bread (That’s what scales here are mainly used for, baking).

   We have cooking shows that urge us to use them and also our government is trying to cut down on household food wastage and obesity, so if you do live in the UK and reading this, save yourself up to £680 a year by getting one and visiting:
   http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/about_food_waste

   A digital scale can be from £10 and up ($16).

   I don’t know about the rest of Europe.

4. dumplingmuffin on February 28th, 2011 | 9:25 pm

   

   who needs scales? they are a lot cheaper over here anyway,

5. mark on February 28th, 2011 | 9:25 pm

   

   Most cookbooks I have from the UK give measurements in weight rather than volume, so I suspect that a large portion of people DO have scales. In the US, most cookbooks give measurements volume.

   Weight is the more accurate method but the US is hard wired into its cups and tablespoons, so I think the scale revolution is a few years away on this side of the pond.

6. Emily on February 28th, 2011 | 9:25 pm

   

   Most houses I know have one. What do poor Americans do if they can’t afford to be a scale ^-^

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