By wieight or volume ?

"Phas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

For example for french fries, when the recipe calls for a mixture of
oil by 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil, I am not really sure do
they refer to percent of volume or weight. Please help me with this.
Thanks.

P.S. a mixture of oil is here just for the sake of an example, I know
it's not very healthy, but I mean I don't know what they are
refferring to, for any mixture for cooking in percents.

How accurate do the percentages need to be? I would guess there is little
difference in density between the two the two methods will give you a very
close result.

David

Phas said:

For example for french fries, when the recipe calls for a mixture of
oil by 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil, I am not really sure do
they refer to percent of volume or weight. Please help me with this.
Thanks.

P.S. a mixture of oil is here just for the sake of an example, I know
it's not very healthy, but I mean I don't know what they are
refferring to, for any mixture for cooking in percents.

Wouldn't matter which but liquid fats are typically sold by volume
because it's simpler to measure.

Phas said:

For example for french fries, when the recipe calls for a mixture of
oil by 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil, I am not really sure do
they refer to percent of volume or weight. Please help me with this.
Thanks.

P.S. a mixture of oil is here just for the sake of an example, I know
it's not very healthy, but I mean I don't know what they are
refferring to, for any mixture for cooking in percents.

All cooking oils have densities within 1% of each other given the
same temperature.

But if a recipes is calling for 93% this and 7% that, you might
just have to break out the atomic scale. You have one, don't
you?

-sw