Hi-
Things that have a serving size of a tablespoon get the better of me. Like creamer, butter, salad dressing....they just seem so cumbersome. Is a tablespoon flat across the top or rounded. I am guessing flat. Anyone found anything else that measures a tablespoon or 2? Are remulade cups 2 tablespoons? What about those little cups creamer comes in? I hate tablespoons....
Thanks,
Heather
Creamer containers are 1/2 fluid ounce. A cup contains 8 fluid ounces. 2 Tablespoons are 1/8 of a cup or 1 ounce. Cough medicine dosage cups are often in teaspoons, and a Geritol dosage cup is a Tablespoon.
If measuring dry foods, it should be a level measure, not rounded.
Sticks of butter often have divisions on the wrapper that tell you Tablespoons.
Oops about the cough syrup cup! I recall using one before, when baking and in a pinch.
I cheat with tablespoons. I really do, I attempt to cram as much in as I possibly can. I've been using my scale to compute tablespoons for my higher calorie foods like peanut butter. It's way more accurate for a cheater like me to deal with grams instead. Easier to scrape off every little bit too.
I had a friend give me these really cute miniature spatulas for Christmas. At first, I though they would be pointless, but they're awesome for scraping things like peanut butter or honey out of a measuring spoon.
Apparently I'm guilty of the too much peanut butter issue when I really thought I was doing good with it. Tonight I put it on the scale and yep...been overdoing it a touch. Now I will have a little guilty feeling everytime I scoop what I thought was an honest tablespoon.
My recommendation is to get a gram scale. The nutrition information should show the serving size in grams. Then you can just put whatever you are adding the ingredient to on the scale and tare it, then add the ingredient until you hit the serving size.
Last edited by BelovedImzadi; 01-14-2009 at 11:55 PM.
Apparently I'm guilty of the too much peanut butter issue when I really thought I was doing good with it. Tonight I put it on the scale and yep...been overdoing it a touch. Now I will have a little guilty feeling everytime I scoop what I thought was an honest tablespoon.
Too funny! I had a similar experience. When I started my healthy diet I only had an old (20 yr old WW brand) kitchen scale. It weighed everything a different amount every time you would weigh it, but hey I was loosing a lot of weight, so who cares right? Well, for Christmas I requested a nicer model digital food scale that is well known for it's accuracy. I was SOOOO bummed out when I began weighing my meat on it only to find 4 oz was MUCH smaller than it used to be...
To the OP:
I usually always put at least 2 TBLS of dressing on my salad, so I use an 1/8 c measuring cup. Keeps me a little more honest, This way if I'm in the mood to "round" the top, it only happens once instead of twice.
any tricks for measuring a tablespoon or 2?
Anyone found anything else that measures a tablespoon or 2? Are remulade cups 2 tablespoons? What about those little cups creamer comes in? I hate tablespoons....
