I agree with you that tablespoons are not the best metric but I would rather want to know if a recipe was telling me to use an imprecise measurement or a precise one. If it says to add 10g of something it was probably tested with that; if it says use 3 tablespoons, usually I can basically add as much or as little as I like (within reason). Anyway, you actually lose a bit of info on the amount of precision specified
I personally measure everything, and it should be especially important for people making recipes
A good recipe is the one to make the exact or a very close copy of the dish, not an approximately dish alike
Especially if you make something precise like soap, cheese, and other stuff. Gladly soap makers started using grams for lye… Yes until not a long ago people were using spoons for lye 🫠
I agree with you that tablespoons are not the best metric but I would rather want to know if a recipe was telling me to use an imprecise measurement or a precise one. If it says to add 10g of something it was probably tested with that; if it says use 3 tablespoons, usually I can basically add as much or as little as I like (within reason). Anyway, you actually lose a bit of info on the amount of precision specified
I personally measure everything, and it should be especially important for people making recipes
A good recipe is the one to make the exact or a very close copy of the dish, not an approximately dish alike
Especially if you make something precise like soap, cheese, and other stuff. Gladly soap makers started using grams for lye… Yes until not a long ago people were using spoons for lye 🫠