My wife bought this magnet at the dollar store. What in the world is going on with the bottom half?
My wife bought this magnet at the dollar store. What in the world is going on with the bottom half?
by el_pollo_peligroso
33 Comments
solidgun1
The bottom half serves as a quick cheat sheet for frequently used smaller measurements that might not always be on top of your mind when you are in the middle of cooking or baking. It helps you to understand how different fractions of teaspoons relate to each other, and common fractional amounts of cups and tablespoons. To me it makes no sense, but this was how it was explained to me.
For example, if a recipe calls for 1/8 of a teaspoon and you only have a set of measuring spoons with 1/4 teaspoon, you know you will need to use half of the 1/4 teaspoon. Similarly, if you need 1/2 a cup and only have a 1/4 cup measure, you know you need to fill it twice.
IsThereCheese
You mean the bottom 1/16th tsp
wjbc
All I can think of is that perhaps some people don’t know fractions? I do know that A&W Root Beer discontinued their unsuccessful third-pound burger ad campaign in the 1980s because consumers didn’t realize A&W’s third-pound burger contained more meat than McDonald’s quarter pounder.
noelwbstr
This gives me a head hurt.
424Impala67
Maybe the bottom was supposed to be stickers so you could label the spoons and cups? To make them easier to read?
Dependent-Pie-4539
I’m confused with the third line but for the 1st, 2nd and 4th, it looks like it’s from greatest to least amount??
Adventurous-Start874
Just scale
almost40fuckit
The bottom half is all of the utensils you “should” have for baking and cooking (Betty Crocker kinda thing)
Just a guess
Ok-Promotion-4127
I have a set of 7 measuring spoons of sizes of #1-#7. I also have a set of 6 measuring cups of sixes of #8-#13. These are very common sets.
gingersnappie
It’s doing the same as the top. Left to right, largest to smallest. Just in a kind of confusing manner, imo.
HowtoCrackanegg
Hmm, 1cup here is 250ml.
South_Hedgehog_7564
Oh for Christs sake go metric! It’s way simpler lol
gododgers179
Perhaps it’s saying with those measurements you can make any amount a recipe might call for. Kinda like if you keep like 3 quarters, 2 dimes, a nickel and 4 pennies you can make any combination of change…. 🤷
Mystofflyn
Probably AI generated and since the majority is correct, it passed the “someone will buy it” check.
TopCreative5673
Maybe they’re stickers so you can do something like this…https://a.co/d/gBxFyZa ?
creeper321448
Meanwhile what I see: convoluted mess all around. Just switch to cooking with grams, mL and a kitchen scale like I did. It’s so much easier.
FewCryptographer9633
You got me!!! 🥴😳 Makes no sense.
andtheyallcallmemom
It’s a riddle! Solve it and all your baking dreams will come true!
J4CKFRU17
AI slop.
GavinThe_Person
Probably ai generated
raymond4
Looks like an American imperial measurement. Definitely not British imperial or,Canadian imperial measurements.
raymond4
Looks like an American imperial measurement. Definitely not British imperial or,Canadian imperial measurements.
raymond4
Looks like an American imperial measurement. Definitely not British imperial or,Canadian imperial measurements.
RarePrintColor
You’re overthinking it by kilometers. It was a cheap magnet bought in a Dollar Store, where probably 99% of the things for sale are made in China. They don’t use fractions for cooking, and are slapping things and a cute graphic on so someone will buy it.
hanimal16
That’s just in case you forget your fractions lol
Rosalin-a
Since when was 1tbsp = 3tsp? Did I miss something? Have I been measuring wrong my whole life?
little_birdii000
If you read it left to right all of them are increasing.. that’s all I got..
Edit: Looked at it again and no it doesn’t haha
Antique_Argument_646
I just Google searched the photo and found a few stock photos of it that date back before AI really became a thing. I wonder if they just took a random photo off the internet and turned it into a magnet, and maybe there was an error. Then I ran it through AI and it says that the bottom portion shows commonly used measuring tools in the kitchen. I don’t feel satisfied though
V6Ga
There is a reason why PageMaker was such a great program.
Because people who use tabs and returns forget layout gets destroyed when line length changes
You still get this in formatted email.
Few-Cucumber-4186
Imagine how difficult will the conversion be for Europeans
Gram Milliliter 1g = 1ml (water)
ess-5
Want to weigh in here, but is this picture to scale?
33 Comments
The bottom half serves as a quick cheat sheet for frequently used smaller measurements that might not always be on top of your mind when you are in the middle of cooking or baking. It helps you to understand how different fractions of teaspoons relate to each other, and common fractional amounts of cups and tablespoons. To me it makes no sense, but this was how it was explained to me.
For example, if a recipe calls for 1/8 of a teaspoon and you only have a set of measuring spoons with 1/4 teaspoon, you know you will need to use half of the 1/4 teaspoon. Similarly, if you need 1/2 a cup and only have a 1/4 cup measure, you know you need to fill it twice.
You mean the bottom 1/16th tsp
All I can think of is that perhaps some people don’t know fractions? I do know that A&W Root Beer discontinued their unsuccessful third-pound burger ad campaign in the 1980s because consumers didn’t realize A&W’s third-pound burger contained more meat than McDonald’s quarter pounder.
This gives me a head hurt.
Maybe the bottom was supposed to be stickers so you could label the spoons and cups? To make them easier to read?
I’m confused with the third line but for the 1st, 2nd and 4th, it looks like it’s from greatest to least amount??
Just scale
The bottom half is all of the utensils you “should” have for baking and cooking (Betty Crocker kinda thing)
Just a guess
I have a set of 7 measuring spoons of sizes of #1-#7. I also have a set of 6 measuring cups of sixes of #8-#13. These are very common sets.
It’s doing the same as the top. Left to right, largest to smallest. Just in a kind of confusing manner, imo.
Hmm, 1cup here is 250ml.
Oh for Christs sake go metric! It’s way simpler lol
Perhaps it’s saying with those measurements you can make any amount a recipe might call for. Kinda like if you keep like 3 quarters, 2 dimes, a nickel and 4 pennies you can make any combination of change…. 🤷
Probably AI generated and since the majority is correct, it passed the “someone will buy it” check.
Maybe they’re stickers so you can do something like this…https://a.co/d/gBxFyZa ?
Meanwhile what I see: convoluted mess all around. Just switch to cooking with grams, mL and a kitchen scale like I did. It’s so much easier.
You got me!!! 🥴😳 Makes no sense.
It’s a riddle! Solve it and all your baking dreams will come true!
AI slop.
Probably ai generated
Looks like an American imperial measurement. Definitely not British imperial or,Canadian imperial measurements.
Looks like an American imperial measurement. Definitely not British imperial or,Canadian imperial measurements.
Looks like an American imperial measurement. Definitely not British imperial or,Canadian imperial measurements.
You’re overthinking it by kilometers. It was a cheap magnet bought in a Dollar Store, where probably 99% of the things for sale are made in China. They don’t use fractions for cooking, and are slapping things and a cute graphic on so someone will buy it.
That’s just in case you forget your fractions lol
Since when was 1tbsp = 3tsp? Did I miss something? Have I been measuring wrong my whole life?
If you read it left to right all of them are increasing.. that’s all I got..
Edit: Looked at it again and no it doesn’t haha
I just Google searched the photo and found a few stock photos of it that date back before AI really became a thing. I wonder if they just took a random photo off the internet and turned it into a magnet, and maybe there was an error.
Then I ran it through AI and it says that the bottom portion shows commonly used measuring tools in the kitchen. I don’t feel satisfied though
There is a reason why PageMaker was such a great program.
Because people who use tabs and returns forget layout gets destroyed when line length changes
You still get this in formatted email.
Imagine how difficult will the conversion be for Europeans
Gram
Milliliter
1g = 1ml (water)
Want to weigh in here, but is this picture to scale?
Ah, AI
I’m thinking those are just common measurements.