Re: [london.food] Scales

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This one time, at band camp, Roger Burton West wrote:

> I use a simple old-fashioned _balance_, rather than spring-scales.

And much more accurate they are.  You can do the old fashioned method of 
making sponge cake which is to weigh the eggs and then weigh out an 
equivalent weight of flour.  In one step.

> I seem to remember they cost a bit, but they're well worth it.

Try charity and antique stores.  I'm sure you could pick up some metric 
weights to replace the archaic measures.

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• Re: [london.food] Scales Roger Burton West 20:51 on 06 Mar 2006
  I use a simple old-fashioned _balance_, rather than spring-scales. They
  • Rev Simon Rumble 20:58 on 06 Mar 2006
    And much more accurate they are. You can do the old fashioned method of
    • James Bywater 09:22 on 07 Mar 2006
      I am in favour of the balance, mainly for the reasons stated.
    • David Cantrell 14:30 on 07 Mar 2006
      Ooh, good call. The ability to make cake on the moon is not something
      • too deep to show
• Natarajan Krishnaswami 05:11 on 07 Mar 2006
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