@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected]English • 5 months agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1954file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1954imageIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square257fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-25 months agoA cup is 32 teaspoons, 3 teaspoons per tablespoon, ergo 1 cup is 16 tablespoons. I know this offhand because: I cook I can count It’s a base 2 measurement system for the most part. Also highly inefficient and imperfect, but so is metric for cooking.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoWell… a tablespoon is 3 teaspoons and a cup is 48 teaspoons. You did get the 16Tbsp per cup right though. This was a good try!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months ago🤔 Huh. I didn’t believe you until I measured it out on my own measuring spoons. You’re right. My bad fam
A cup is 32 teaspoons, 3 teaspoons per tablespoon, ergo 1 cup is 16 tablespoons. I know this offhand because:
It’s a base 2 measurement system for the most part. Also highly inefficient and imperfect, but so is metric for cooking.
Well… a tablespoon is 3 teaspoons and a cup is 48 teaspoons. You did get the 16Tbsp per cup right though.
This was a good try!
🤔 Huh. I didn’t believe you until I measured it out on my own measuring spoons. You’re right. My bad fam