I'm from the US living in the Philippines and one thing I've learned is that metric measurements are so much easier to work with. And keep in mind that there are other people world round reading your (and so many other's) blog/website. This is from a comment I'd seen for a recipe elsewhere - "Can you please add weight measurements (in grams) to it? This is so confusing. US cups, Australian cups, other cups... But a gram is a gram is a gram. And I've got a kitchen scale."

For things typically measured in small amounts, like salt, yeast, baking powder/soda, etc., I do use volumes. But in this case (which wasn't mentioned. My bad) what I plan to do is make some large batches of oat/coconut/rice flours w/ xanthan gum and a percentage value would make it so much easier. I do have to comment about the 5 gram variance in kitchen scales. Really? I've looked at kitchen scales from Amazon, Shopee, Lazada, and other online sites and have never seen such a huge variance. Regarding the link, I have in fact used this for items I didn't have packaging info for. My bread flour weighs 140gms per cup, per package info, significantly more than the KAF brand at 120gms. Other flours and items have shown similar differences.

Regardless, I do thank you very much for your response. I often see many people comment with questions that never get answered. I enjoyed this article a lot because it is beyond just a measurement conversion. It has much needed info about the xanthan, textures, hydration issues, etc.

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