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PetitPrince 6 hours ago

Clever !

I was thinking of something like a sugar dispenseur (turn the container to fill a volume, and this volume becomes you serving), but your solution is way more economical and space efficient.

epolanski 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Can't say it's mine, I've seen it on a rice package!

I myself thought of a solution similar to yours, or even more complex solutions like revolving doors or having an internal chamber the size of a serving with two lids that can't be both open at the same time..

But to be honest, I don't think any of this is really useful beyond a restaurant where sizes are fixed (and indeed use pasta-specific ladles to have standard portions). Depending on the day of the week or how many and who's at home I'm still better doing the math with a scale than predefined servings.

zimpenfish 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> Can't say it's mine, I've seen it on a rice package!

Similar thing on UK butter - on a 250g block, there's 50g markings[0] on the wrapper to make simple(ish) weights easy.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/11ogzqj/... (only decent photo I could find on the webs and we don't currently have any butter in the fridge)

t-3 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

US butter is similar, each stick is marked with tablespoons, cups, and fractional pounds.

IncreasePosts 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why not just label each tablespoon and then just remember a tablespoon is 14g and do quick division.