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For example, in a recipe that calls for 10 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of water, the corresponding baker's percentages are 100% for the flour and 50% for the water. Because these percentages are stated with respect to the weight of flour rather than with respect to the weight of all ingredients, the sum of these percentages always exceeds 100%.
Weight is measured in ounces and pounds (avoirdupois) as in the U.S. Volume is measured in imperial gallons, quarts, pints, fluid ounces, fluid drachms, and minims. The imperial gallon was originally defined as 10 pounds (4.5359 kg) of water in 1824, and refined as exactly 4.54609 litres in 1985.
In Hong Kong, one picul was defined in Ordinance No. 22 of 1844 as 133 + 1 ⁄ 3 avoirdupois pounds. [5] The modern definition is exactly 60.478982 kilograms. [3] The measure was and remains used on occasion in Taiwan where it is defined as 60 kg. [10] The last, a measure of rice, was 20 picul, or 1,200 kg. [11]
Bread Flour. Comparing bread flour versus all-purpose flour, the former has the highest protein content of the refined wheat flours, clocking in at up to 14 percent.
In the American oil industry, a sack represents the amount of portland cement that occupies 1.15 cubic feet (8.6 US gal; 33 L), and in most cases weighs 94 pounds (43 kg). [8] Other uses in the US include the measurement by volume of salt, where one sack is 215 pounds (98 kg), cotton where one sack is 140 pounds (63.5 kg) and flour, where one ...
Roasted gram flour is commonly added to season Burmese salads, and is the principal ingredient of Burmese tofu. [6] Roasted gram flour is also used to thicken several noodle soup dishes, including mohinga and ohn no khao swè. [7] [6] Gram flour is also used to make jidou liangfen, a Yunnanese dish similar to Burmese tofu salad.
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The inclusion of more bran and intact wheatgerm in the flour means that it is often credited with significant health benefits. [ 3 ] In the US, flour only has to "pass between stones" once during its manufacture to be regarded as stoneground, and it has been claimed that a significant proportion of flour sold as stoneground in the US has not ...