A glass is a common measure used in cooking to measure the required volume of a product. At the same time, even in culinary recipes, you can often find an indication of the volume in glasses, and not in grams.
Glass
Not every housewife in the kitchen has an accurate scale that can be used to measure the required amount of food, but many have a glass that can also be used for this purpose. At the same time, however, when meeting in the recipe the designation of the required amount of product in glasses, it should be borne in mind that we are talking about a very specific type of this container.
The fact is that today you can find a wide variety of glasses in tableware stores. However, when it comes to using this measure in culinary recipes, in most cases it is a standard faceted glass. It is quite simple to recognize it: it has an even number of faces, and the upper edge is made in the form of a smooth circle. The border between the faceted and smooth part of the glass is called risks.
A glass of flour
A glass is used in cooking in two ways. On the one hand, it is used as a measure of volume when measuring out the required amount of liquid. On the other hand, it is used as a measure of weight when it comes to solid or bulk products.
For example, using a glass is one way to measure the right amount of flour. It should be borne in mind that the weight of the product in a glass will naturally depend on the degree of its fullness. The fact is that culinary recipes use two main options for filling a glass: to the top and to risks. Of course, the weight of the final amount of flour in these cases will be different, so you need to pay special attention to which version of filling the glass is in question in a particular recipe.
So, if it involves filling a glass to risks, then the total weight of such an amount of flour can be 130-140 grams. The fact is that this weight can fluctuate depending on the type of flour you use, since it can be, for example, wheat, rye or buckwheat. In addition, the moisture content of the product has an effect on this parameter: for example, flour that was stored in a room with a high level of humidity, most likely, absorbed some moisture from the air and may weigh a little more than flour stored in dry the room. If the glass needs to be filled to the top, then the total weight of the product will be 150-160 grams in this case.
