re: Kitchen / Cooking tips that you learned late or that you want to share?

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An ounce is a measure of weight, it wont change you shred it or cube it or slice it....

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And this is the problem! In cooking recipes: ounce is used as both a weight and volume measurement. Look at your glass measuring cup where ounce is a volume measurement. 8 ounces (wt) of Shredded or not cheeses of different densities will have different volumes. Most people using recipes assume ounce is a volume as indicated on their measuring cups.\

1 quart for example, equals 32 ounces (no matter the weight) Recipes usually don't point out if ounces used in the recipe are volume or weight. Since you would need an accurate weight scale for small weights in ounces, I assume most recipes assume ounces are a volume measure.

Very confusing!