I am in agreement with all of you on the usefulness of a kitchen scale. Mine is an old one, with the large dial on the front and a flat platform on top, and not the fine degree of "nths" of the new ones, but I live alone and at 75, can't justify buying a snazzy new digital one. On to the positives. One thing I've found the scale useful for is when I am making ground meat patties to freeze for quick burgers later, or meatballs - first, I cover the platform with waxed paper or plastic wrap. I "eyeball" the meat, cut it into pieces, then weigh them and add/subtract smaller bits of meat to make them all equal later when they are cooked. I also use it when bagging shredded zucchini in the summertime for winter baking ...I cup-measure the zucchini into baggies, then weigh the baggies and add or subtract to make the same weight bags. Hope this helps someone new to scale-using, and I'm sure there are dozens of other good things a scale can be used for. Happy baking, y'all!

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