1 May
2012
1 May
'12
9:22 a.m.
On 1 May 2012 at 8:42, Dave Wade wrote:
Aren't units fun. I once watched an English
cookery program by Delia
Smith in Canada, another Metric country. She dutifully read out all
the measurements in imperial, Metric and where oven temperatures were
concerned Gas Mark units, but of course for the US cooks there was
also a sub-title card translating the quantities into "cups" however
big those are.... .. mind you they al;so had a program on how to dress
down in style...
It can get pretty confusing. Some measurements are volumentric (e.g.
a cup of flour) where the other party uses measurement by mass (e.g.
grams). How much does a cup of flour weigh? (Sifted, unsifted,
whole wheat, rice flour....?).
If you're a "cook by the book" type, you're in for much head-
scratching. Fortunately, I'm not.
--Chuck