Dee Dee wrote:

>
> I 'thought' that when they weigh, that they 'tare' after they put the little
> plastic thingies or paper down, and before they put the meat-or-whatever on.
>
> Dee Dee

They "zero" a scale with the food container on it so that the known
weight of the container (the tare) is already factored out when you
weigh your food item.