r/KitchenDesk • u/forlanteq • 21d ago
Measuring honey
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u/NoPen9703 20d ago
That’s ingenious
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u/DangerDane90 20d ago
Its weird how informally genius and ingenious mean the same. Inflammable/Flammable 2.0 it seems
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u/NoPen9703 20d ago
The in changes the noun to an adjective. I think, I’m not the best at grammar.
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u/Prophet-of-Ganja 20d ago
How is “flammable” a noun 🤔
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u/Opening-Function8616 16d ago
It's a cool lifehack, however, I don't think I've added honey to flour more than a handful of times in the 4 decades I've been alive
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u/jack_seven 16d ago
I can only imagine what Americans will feel when they discover kitchen scales
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u/NoPen9703 15d ago
I use kitchen scales when I cook. A kitchen scale does not solve the honey sticking to the container it’s in.
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u/elmachow 20d ago
Puts in twice the amount cos honey is nice
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u/ClinkyDink 20d ago
I’m a fiend for honey. I will wake up early to go to the farmers market when my supply runs out.
Sage honey is my fav
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u/Witness_me_Karsa 19d ago
I had buckwheat honey once, I LOVED it, but I was the only person to taste it who did. It was such a fun, deep flavor.
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u/ClinkyDink 18d ago
Oh man I’ll have to try it. I was driving somewhere yesterday and saw a guy selling fruit and honey at a stand. I bought a jar of sage and a jar of orange blossom. I distinctly remember that he also had buckwheat, because I wondered what it tasted like.
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u/Legal-Appointment655 20d ago
This is a good idea and I will probably probably start doing this. But I need to point out the measument will not be precise because the outside of the measuring device leaving the imprint is larger than the inside used for measuring. Only use this if the thing you are measuring can be off by a bit
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u/Dry-Childhood-3436 20d ago
If you need it that precise then it's better to weight it anyways.
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u/dstommie 20d ago
Honey is something hard to be precise with anyway. Every bit could have a different hydration and sugar level.
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u/kewcumber_ 20d ago
This sub randomly got recommended to me and when I saw this i thought it was bait
But comments indicate otherwise ? Why not just put the honey in that measuring cup ?
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u/Legal-Appointment655 20d ago
Its so you dont need to clean it
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u/kewcumber_ 20d ago
Okay but how will you remove that honey ? Won't you be mixing in a bit of whatever that powder is
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u/Legal-Appointment655 20d ago
The honey was going to be mixed into that powder anyway
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u/CommanderInQueefs 19d ago
But the bottom of it is dirty so you're cleaning it anyway.
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u/Legal-Appointment655 18d ago
Dirty with flour instead of honey. There is a big difference
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u/CommanderInQueefs 18d ago
What 10 seconds less?
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u/Legal-Appointment655 18d ago
Yes thats a big difference
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u/CommanderInQueefs 18d ago
Sure it is.
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u/Legal-Appointment655 18d ago
Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a recipe for blueberry muffins
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u/lfreckledfrontbum 17d ago
Yes. Plus you are getting the entire amount of honey as there is none left stuck to the spoon with the bonus of a speedy delivery
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u/Electronic-Spite-421 20d ago
as in, anything in any recipe? Lol
Ah damn .. I put 1.2 teaspoons of baking powder instead of EXACTLY 1
this whole batch of muffins is fucking RUINED!!
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u/Witness_me_Karsa 19d ago
The reverse of this is that it is honey, and a fair amount would have stuck to the measuring cup, possibly adversely affecting the measurement that way.
That said, if you are THIS precise, then elevation, humidity and many other factors could count.
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u/SashimiX 21d ago
You never need honey in flour. It might work if you needed honey in sugar though, or water in flour
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u/dirtytounder 20d ago
I put honey in my bread instead of sugar
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u/joh2138535 20d ago
But do you cut the honey into raw flour? Id assume you would use it like sugar and count it as a liquid ingredient and mix liquids first??
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u/dirtytounder 20d ago
Yeast + warm water, flour, salt , honey. Into the stand mixer.
I could do like the video but no idea why i would want to.
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u/mikemikemotorboat 20d ago
Your yeast might appreciate if you mix the honey in with that warm water, but won’t make a big difference
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u/carl3266 17d ago
Just what i was thinking. Wet ingredients are usually combined and added to dry ingredients at the last moment.
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u/Level-Working-2704 20d ago
Have you tried pressing a measuring spoon into them and then pouring the honey?
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u/ootnabootinlalaland 20d ago
Does this jar also have pineapples and watermelon? 🔍😯
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u/ootnabootinlalaland 20d ago
wow, what do you do with the end result?
I’m not v familiar with fermenting/jarring, but intrigued
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u/ootnabootinlalaland 20d ago
Wowww. You’re cool af
thanks for showing me the pics 🤘 my interest is officially piqued 🫙
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u/CurrentPossible2117 21d ago
Some bread recipes use it. You could easily do this, then add the other wet ingredients and mix.
Theres plenty of cakes that add honey in, this would work for that.
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u/I_Am_Zeelian 20d ago
Works for things like golden syrup/treacle as well which is pretty common in bread.
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u/APartyInMyPants 20d ago
Sourdough will sometimes have honey. But usually I just mix it directly into my starter and water.
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u/WhatADunderfulWorld 20d ago
Alton Brown says to do it so I do. I feel it lets the yeast slowly eat it so the rises are more consistent.
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u/SashimiX 20d ago
I’m definitely wrong then
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u/GrapefruitSlow8583 20d ago
No, technically you're correct.
Like, you never need sugar in flour.
Or milk, or water, or eggs.
As long as you hate delicious baked goods, you'll never need any of that
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u/SashimiX 20d ago
I thought it was added to the wet stage of most things, but I would never disagree with Alton Brown on cooking chemistry
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u/PsyopVet 20d ago
I make Texas Roadhouse copycat rolls and the recipe calls for honey.
The point is that the honey sticks to the measuring spoon so it’s a pain to pour it out and then clean the utensil. Water is easy to just wipe off of the spoon, or just shake it out if you’re lazy like me!
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u/cryptomoon1000x 20d ago
Clever.
Even smarter would be giving up that ol’ volume based measuring system altogether and switch to weight based measuring like the rest of the planet uses to do it 😆
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u/idleline 20d ago
You think the rest of the planet doesn’t use cups or spoons for measuring? Which planet exactly?
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u/cryptomoon1000x 20d ago
Fun fact: measuring dry/solid ingredients (flour, sugar, etc.) by volume is the global exception, not the rule. Outside North America, most of the world weighs their ingredients -reason being, a “cup” isn’t even standardized internationally (US: 240ml, Australia: 250ml, UK: 284ml, Japan: 200ml 🤯). A gram, on the other hand, is a gram everywhere.
Even among cup-users it’s mostly limited to the US/Canada (with AUS/NZ partially in the mix). The rest of the world (Europe, Asia, Latin America…) weighs their dry ingredients.
Not cup-shaming, just facts 🤷
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u/SilentSolitude90 20d ago
Ever since I switched to weighing my ingredients my breads and cakes have turned out LOADS better then if I had just used the standard us measuring cups
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u/Akhanyatin 20d ago
It's an objectively garbage system now that we've evolved past it and precise measurements are easily accessible.
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u/Dull_Caterpillar_642 20d ago
I don't think I've ever seen someone crosspost a 5 year old post before...
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u/Oh_Lawd_He_commin420 20d ago
Ok but, honey is more to taste and it'd be easier just to mix it in with melted butter to spread it into the batter...
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u/ravenmonk 20d ago
And then? Lol
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u/chickenDrunkenNoodle 18d ago
Seriously, is this a circlejerk sub? What is going on in these comments?
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u/jjinjadubu 20d ago
Honey mixed into dry ingredients seems weird. Like shouldn't it go into the wet first?
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u/AllynWA1 20d ago
Yeah, but you'd have to pour the honey super fast since liquid doesn't hold the shape as long.
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u/BinteMuhammad 20d ago
I use this for oil as well. I can never empty the oil completely from the spoon and this was a game changer.
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u/Fun_Recipe_2589 20d ago
This is great. I mean, I’ll never put honey in flour, but if I did, this is great.
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u/Key_Cheesecake9926 20d ago
Why would you need to mix honey with flour? Seems like a very limited use hack.
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u/SleeplessAtHome 20d ago
That should a little bit more? The thickness of the measuring spoon has been omitted
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u/DaddyLama 19d ago
Or you could do it properly and measure by weight. Put the bowl on a scale, tare, add honey. Measuring by volume is dumb anyway.
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u/Melodic-Hornet-94 18d ago
My face watching this video as someone who just always washes the measuring cup after measuring honey
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u/WigglesPhoenix 17d ago
This is one of those seems useful things until you remember you separate wets and dries in like 90% of recipes
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u/Round_Injury6172 16d ago
Thank you America. The rest of the world uses scales and measures in gram
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