Most often, we are faced with the need to determine the weight of products by eye when preparing dishes in the kitchen. "Pour 250 ml of water, add 50 ml of milk, 5 g of butter …" Indeed, not everyone has special scales, and when you cook according to a new recipe, it is important to precisely observe the proportions so as not to spoil the whole dish.
Instructions
Step 1
In such cases, you can learn to determine the weight of the product by measuring its volume. All you need is a teaspoon and a tablespoon, and a faceted glass.
In 1 tsp. contains:
sugar - 10 g
salt - 10 g
water - 5 g, vinegar - 5 g, any vegetable oil - 3 g, liquid fat - 5 g, milk - 5 g, flour - 3 g, rice - 4 g, semolina - 4 g
ground nuts - 2 g, icing sugar - 3 g, citric acid - 3 g.
In 1 tbsp. contains:
sugar - 25 g
salt - 30 g
water - 18 g,
vinegar - 15 g
any vegetable oil - 8 g, liquid fat - 20 g, milk - 20 g, flour - 15 g
rice - 20 g, semolina - 20 g, ground nuts - 12 g, icing sugar - 18 g, citric acid - 12 g.
A ganen glass contains:
sugar - 200 g, salt - 150 g, water - 200 g, vinegar - 200 g, any vegetable oil - 230 g, liquid fat - 245 g, milk - 250 g, flour - 150 g, rice - 210 g, semolina - 200 g, ground nuts - 140 g, icing sugar - 200 g.
Step 2
It is also useful to note that 1 g corresponds to:
25 peppercorns
10 pieces. bay leaf, 18 heads of carnations.
At first, you will probably often check the above data, but over time you will find that you know them by heart.
Step 3
Another category of people who constantly have to figure out the weight of food "by eye" is losing weight. The following information is useful for them.
In 1 tsp. contains:
hercules groats - 6 g, buckwheat groats, millet - 8 g, condensed milk - 12 g, butter - 15 g, sour cream - 10 g, cream - 5 g
honey - 20 g, jam - 17 g.
In 1 tbsp. contains:
hercules groats - 12 g, buckwheat groats, millet - 25 g, condensed milk - 30 g, butter - 35 g, sour cream - 25 g, cream - 14 g, honey - 50 g, jam - 50 g.
Step 4
For vegetables and fruits, which are mostly non-nutritious, it is enough to roughly represent the average weight of 1 piece:
potatoes - 75-100 g,
beets - 100-150 g, carrots - 75-100 g, tomato - 80-100 g, cucumber - 50-100 g, apple - 100-150 g, banana - 200-250 g, quince - 150-200 g.
Step 5
Well, if you decide to give yourself a break and have a snack with sweets, it is still important not to lose track of what you eat, so keep in mind:
1 Maria biscuit corresponds to 10 g, 1 gingerbread - 30 g
1 double marshmallow - 42 g, 1 marmalade - 20 g.
Step 6
When you buy sweets in a net weight package, determining the weight of a single cookie, waffle or candy comes down to simple math. So, if a package of Viennese waffles weighs 140 g, and there are 4 waffles in a package, the weight of one waffle will be 35 g.
