Measuring cup that doesn't lose its printing?
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I do have a scale, but a lot of American recipes don’t give the weights, just volumes. As an American myself who likes to bake, I have generally switched to using the scale when my recipe has the measurements.
Fellow American. I also use a scale for most things, including liquids. A quick Internet search will get you a volume to mass conversation. Do it a few times and you’ll remember. For straight up baking, I find that ratios are the safest route to use and make it easy to scale a recipe up or down. I also use a ton of touch for things like doughs and batters, but I also tend to make the same set of things, or close relatives, again and again.
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I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?
If you love the one you have, you can buy a glass or ceramic paint pen and go over the faded printing, then bake according to the directions, and keep using it. Only paint the outside, so you don’t have to worry about any chemicals.
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Laser etching glass is a thing
Yes, and laser etching metal is a thing as well, which changes the material’s temper, glass or metal, creating a potential weak point.
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Acid etching is a thing, too. Not likely to shatter the whole thing using acid.
As right as you are about acid etching, you still don’t wanna fuck with glass that’s designed to handle torch temperatures…
Edit: Also, don’t they literally use pyrex in chemistry labs to handle acids? What acid even eats proper borosilicate pyrex glass?
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As right as you are about acid etching, you still don’t wanna fuck with glass that’s designed to handle torch temperatures…
Edit: Also, don’t they literally use pyrex in chemistry labs to handle acids? What acid even eats proper borosilicate pyrex glass?
Hydroflouric acid etching cremes are supposed to be able to etch borosilicate.
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Do you have brain damage or is this some kind of Google translation fail?
Maybe they’re on an Icelandic keyboard. þ & Þ are the TH sound in “the” and “this” and "them etc.
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Hydroflouric acid etching cremes are supposed to be able to etch borosilicate.
Cool. I’ll have to remember not to clean my weed pipe with said acid.
Wait, that reminds me, I still have weed!
But do I have a working lighter…?
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I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?
Anchor Hocking Batter Bowl, 2 Quart Glass Mixing Bowl with embossed lines.
If this is too big then Anchor Hocking Triple Pour Glass Measuring Cup, 8 Oz Measuring Glass.
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I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?
My original CAPS PYREX cups are old as fuck, are my moms and she was born 61, they are super faint. Make sure to handwash as modern dishwashers will strip the paint. The only thing I could think of them doing to fix this is make modern ones with the dye inside the glass.
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To answer your question: I switched to Oxo brand and those are pretty solid.
I’m not sure about the specifics but I’m fairly certain that the Pyrex brand has taken a bit of a hit and quality like that with a change the chemical composition of their glassware a while back.
Lowercase pyrex shatters from temp change.
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Whoa! Great tip cheers
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Look friend, you can live your life however you want, and good for you. But if it’s a dish and it’s in my house, it’s going in the dishwasher. Maybe only once, but that problem solved itself.
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I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?
Cheap solution… Classico pasta sauce used to have measurements embossed (Is that the right word for glass?) on the side of the jars. My jars are kinda old, but it looks like they probably still do that but maybe only on certain sizes. The measurement lines and labels are a raised area that’s functionally part of the glass. I’ve been using them for years and it should be nearly impossible for the measurement lines to wear or fade in any meaningful way.
Other brands of pasta sauce do this too, the Aldi brand definitely used to, looking online it seems relatively common. You can also just buy glass jars with embossed measurements on them, but it’s cheaper to buy the pasta sauce jars and then you also have the bonus of having pasta sauce.
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Look friend, you can live your life however you want, and good for you. But if it’s a dish and it’s in my house, it’s going in the dishwasher. Maybe only once, but that problem solved itself.
Just like machine washable clothes
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They like using the thorn character
Yeah but why? Just to make themselves harder to understand? Surprised he didn’t throw in some more obscure dead letters like “Æ”
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I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?
I bought an aluminum measuring cup with embossed measuring lines from a dollar store.
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Lowercase pyrex shatters from temp change.
Yeah lower case is just regular soda lime glass. Capital is borosilicate which has better thermal shock resistance. Same for glassware.
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Anchor Hocking Batter Bowl, 2 Quart Glass Mixing Bowl with embossed lines.
If this is too big then Anchor Hocking Triple Pour Glass Measuring Cup, 8 Oz Measuring Glass.
Embossed… have seen that, might be the way
Because of course the dishwasher is the erm eco-friendly way (what, laziness, no never)
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I bought an aluminum measuring cup with embossed measuring lines from a dollar store.
That’ll be great in the microwave
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I got the ACCUPOUR 1 gallon measuring pitcher on amazon after being recommended it from City Steading Brewing, who was poetic about it, and I wasn’t disappointed! I never thought I’d love a pitcher but I love this one.
Raised dark markings with dual scale metric and imperial, amazing handle and the spout is AMAZING! I’m able to take ½oz samples from a gallon of liquid into a shot glass no issue.
They make smaller ones too, which I haven’t tried but work the same.
Can you boil water in it? I use my pyrex 2 cup to boil and cook in the microwave
