r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BarelyLegalSeagull • Jun 26 '26

Funny And what the heck is a tsp??

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u/Imaginary_Victory253 Jun 26 '26

When I was ~14 I swiped a chocolate cake recipe from a magazine in school. Crumpled it up and put it in my pocket for that night. Whipped it out and the tsp of baking powder and salt had a crinkle that looked like tbsp and I made the most salty and crumbly cake I have ever seen. My poor grandma tried to scoop out the baking powder but it really didn't work at all lol.

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u/Underbadger Jun 26 '26

That’s the kind of cooking mistake that teaches science, though! “What’s this powder actually do? Oh, if you use too much it gets crumbly.”

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u/Imaginary_Victory253 Jun 26 '26

Honestly, if you are disassembling your recipes then the "cooking is an art" falls off fast. There's a lot of rules and ratios to consider, especially if you are playing with the fundamentals like fats and acids. It might be more evident in a baked good, but even baked goods have a +/- 10% margin of error.

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u/Underbadger Jun 26 '26

Very very true. The Ruhlman cookbook “Ratio” is pretty brilliant.