Frankfurters (Hot Dogs) ~ Batch # 2

[MossyMO64]

Those look excellent, very nicely done!

[Boar]

ijust.gota.get away from stupid questions, smurf.ther all.yours. i guesse.i got a.be more.litteral..how.about are.ther measuring spoons in grams or oz's. instead.of having to buy reloadi g equipmemt.

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[thirdeye]

1 hour ago, Boar said:

so how do you measure out the grams, is there a grams measuring thingy.

That's it... a scale.    I use a digital one that costs about $11, and called a American Weigh Scale Ac-650 Digital Pocket Gram Scale, Black. I got it on Amazon.  It's about the size of a deck of cards and has 5 or 6 units of measurements and has a tare feature. Grams is measured to tenths (example: 6.6 or 6.7 grams).  Once you convert recipes from teaspoons or tablespoons to grams... it's super fast to measure.  It's really handy to measure salt when making brines as you can use any size (kosher, canning etc.) and weight is weight.

 

 

 

 

 

[Boar]

Awsome, thnaks much, im gonna look into that. . so How many grams in a teaspoon or a tablespoon. or whats the formula

[delcecchi]

Grams is weight.  Teaspoon is volume.   A tablespoon (3 teaspoons) of flour is 8.75 grams, about. 

Salt varies by what kind of salt and what brand.   Kosher, pickling, table, etc. 

[thirdeye]

1 hour ago, Boar said:

Awsome, thnaks much, im gonna look into that. . so How many grams in a teaspoon or a tablespoon. or whats the formula

Like delcecchi mentioned, it varies.  A pound of feathers = a pound of gold, but the volume they occupy is different.  What you need to do (only one time) is carefully measure (by volume) each ingredient in a recipe, then weigh it in grams.  Pretty soon you have some constants for common things (like the weight of a teaspoon of sugar, canning salt, pepper, kosher salt), so you don't need to weigh them anymore.  Every now and then an oddball item comes up (like crushed red pepper), so you break out the spoon and scale.

Once you get converted, you don't use measuring spoons anymore, just a little cup on the scale.  My friends that make the 600 pound batch of sausage every February used to measure the spices per 100 pounds using tablespoons or 1/8 cups.  Once they started weighing out the amounts, the accuracy improves and it takes less time.  The neatest thing for me is making changes... let's say I get a recipe that calls out roasted garlic powder, I weigh the amount called for and arrive at 4 grams.  BUT, after tasting, I want more garlic, so I revise it to 6 grams.

[Boar]

hmmmm interesting verdy interesting. thanks!

[smurfy]

9 minutes ago, Boar said:

hmmmm interesting verdy interesting. thanks!

boar......... with that last escapade you had with your sausage ya need to take a bit of a hiatus to let the dust settle a bit!!!!!!!!!! or yo'll drive your wife nutz!!!!!!

[Boar]

yeah tru, maybe ill go put up a deer stand