Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Packages to Volume

One thing that always frustrates me is when you get a recipe for, say, 1 cup of sugar, but the box that you get from the store is a 1 lb box.  Sure, it says that the box contains 355 servings, and each is a teaspoon, but the point is that we shouldn't have to measure, right?

Here are some things I discovered regarding how much volume you really get from a store-bought container of stuff.  I'll keep coming back to this post and editing it.

Taro Brand 1lb bag premium frozen poi: 1.5 cups (without adding any water).

1 Packet of SAF Active Dry Yeast (1/4 oz): 2 teaspoons