Hi everyone.
Here's a question which I hope is relatively simple to answer. When a recipe calls for a cup of flour, and it says "firm", we know to press it down into the measuring cup, right? But, suppose the recipe says "packed"? Is that the same thing, or would that be different in some way? Or is "packed" never used except when measuring brown sugar?
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 10:52 AM
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 11:18 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a recipe call for tamping down the flour. I'd guess it's the same thing.Hi everyone.
Here's a question which I hope is relatively simple to answer. When a recipe calls for a cup of flour, and it says "firm", we know to press it down into the measuring cup, right? But, suppose the recipe says "packed"? Is that the same thing, or would that be different in some way? Or is "packed" never used except when measuring brown sugar?
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Posted 22 June 2012 - 04:31 PM
I've never seen 'packed' for anything except brown sugar.
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Posted 22 June 2012 - 04:59 PM
It's not as though flour is easy to pack into a cup! It's too light. That is an odd term to use for flour but I would take it as pouring or dipping into the cup as opposed to spooning it in (the yield actually is different due to the aeration).
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Posted 22 June 2012 - 11:16 PM
This gives you the idea
"Packing" means tamping it down ..Packed is used mostly with brown sugar, and ocassionally with powdered sugar.
Weighing it is easier and more accurate ....
"Packing" means tamping it down ..Packed is used mostly with brown sugar, and ocassionally with powdered sugar.
Weighing it is easier and more accurate ....
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 01:40 AM
Thanks for your responses. I've seen "firm" specified for flour in a recipe or two. Any thoughts on that?
Some types of flour seem to be able to pack down more than others. I find the starches can do that to a greater degree than most regular flours. Some don't pack down much if at all, like teff flour for example. There also seems to be a difference depending upon the grind.
Some types of flour seem to be able to pack down more than others. I find the starches can do that to a greater degree than most regular flours. Some don't pack down much if at all, like teff flour for example. There also seems to be a difference depending upon the grind.
A spherical meteorite 10 km in diameter traveling at 20 km/s has the kinetic energy equal to the calories in 550,000,000,000,000,000 Twinkies.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 06:50 PM
What comes to mind for me, in regard to seeing 'firm' for a flour measurement, would be that one should use that amount and that amount only. Don't eye-ball it, etc. But I can't recall seeing that being used in a recipe... of course now I may start seeing it all the time. 
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 04:20 AM
That was also my first thought, but then why would a recipe author anticipate that someone would tweak the amounts?What comes to mind for me, in regard to seeing 'firm' for a flour measurement, would be that one should use that amount and that amount only. Don't eye-ball it, etc. But I can't recall seeing that being used in a recipe... of course now I may start seeing it all the time.
A spherical meteorite 10 km in diameter traveling at 20 km/s has the kinetic energy equal to the calories in 550,000,000,000,000,000 Twinkies.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 07:00 AM
That was also my first thought, but then why would a recipe author anticipate that someone would tweak the amounts?
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