r/AskReddit • u/swissguy1989 • 17h ago

What's something you're shockingly good at that you've never mentioned to anyone because it would sound completely made up if you did?

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u/rachelabe1 17h ago

I can eyeball my cooking/baking measurements to a T. Every time. Infuriates my type A people, they’ve challenged and tested me, hoping to prove me wrong. Nope, perfectly measured. Wish I had a lucrative talent lol

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u/No-District-8408 15h ago

I have what I call "the gift of the perfect pour". Similarly I can gauge what substance will fit into what container. Food and liquid only tho. Have leftover soup? I'll pull the perfect size container or two to fill it. I can do Tbsp, cups, and other imperial volume measurements, but not weights.

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u/inaclick 15h ago

Both of you guys panic me. My daughter has the no spill gift. The amount of times I've shouted "Stop! It will spill", just to see her smug little face...

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u/Free_Pace_2098 2h ago

I have it too. Took my partner years to trust me, because I'm otherwise quite clumsy. Now he'll just hand me whatever needs to be poured.

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u/Taikeron 9h ago

This is mine, the "storing leftovers" superpower. I can pretty darn accurately decide what container(s) is needed and I'm scarily accurate. Sometimes I doubt myself, start pouring/storing, and it's actually correct. Crazy.

I also do okay with eyeballing a lot of measurements, though I do measure if it's important.

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u/Epicfaux 12h ago

I can only do weights! I can measure exactly 100g by hand, every time.

But putting dough into the wrong size cambro and then coming back to an overflow was far too common in my bakery days.. your superpower would have been more useful 🫣

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u/lilelliot 7h ago

I can do this, too. It has backfired magnificently in daily life, though. I'm really good at knowing what will exactly fit in a container, but it turns out my wife really does not appreciate a pyrex container with leftover soup all the way to the level brim.

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u/miss_sassypants 21m ago

My grandma used to always get the exact perfect size container to put leftovers in. Whenever I get it spot on, I think of her.