If you’re still sweating over which cup to grab, here’s a lazy person’s solution: just use two 1/3-cup measures. 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3. Boom. You didn’t even have to think about fractions. You just stacked spoons like a toddler building a tower.
Alternatively, grab a 1/2-cup measure and add two tablespoons. That’s 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons equals 2/3 cup. Why two tablespoons? Because 2 tablespoons equals 1/8 cup, and 1/2 + 1/8 = 5/8, wait — no. Actually, 8 tablespoons equal 1/2 cup, and 2/3 cup is 10.67 tablespoons. So you’re adding 2.67 tablespoons. See? This is why we don’t do math at 6 PM on a Tuesday.
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A Warning: Do Not “Eyeball It” Unless You Enjoy Ruining Dinner
I once “eyeballed” a 2/3 cup of flour and ended up with a pasta dough so dry it looked like clay from a discount art store. My grandmother, a woman who baked bread for three decades, still brings it up. “Remember that flour you thought was 2/3 cup?” she says, and I die a little inside.
Trust the tools. Measuring cups exist for a reason, and that reason is to save you from becoming the subject of family lore. Use the right one. Your self-esteem will thank you.
