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Our tablespoons and teaspoons in the UK used to be a standard size so those were used in measuring for baking.
They stopped being a standard some years ago as companies saved money by shrinking them. So now you have to pay for measuring spoons.Most cups used for baking/cooking were also a similar size. So a recipe might want 2 cups of flour or 2 tablespoons of spice.
Most USA baking recipes are still using cups and spoon measures instead of weight, but the smaller sizes not UK/imperial.
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I don't get spoons or cups - how big are the spoons or cups?
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@FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 I don't know why I learned Fahrenheit. To me it seems absolutely absurd that a measurement unit by a european guy is only used in america.
@lankohr @FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
I can think of no measurement standards which arose in the USA. Must be one.Judge each by utility. Standards matter in any system. Ease to use and teach do too.
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Apart from it being a recent thing in the UK, the USA still uses F.
They also still use pounds and ounces. and pints and gallons. But be careful with USA recipes because their pounds and pints, and even their spoons and cup measures, are smaller than the imperial measures that were used in the UK.
You can still buy cup and spoon measuring kits in the UK but they are the UK sizes not USA.
@tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
I learned Fahrenheit living in the US. Had dual F & C outdoor thermometers 60 years. Learned that they meet at -40 about 70 years ago, skiing in Vermont Christmas - New Years. Painfully cold. -
I don't get spoons or cups - how big are the spoons or cups?
Using cups or spoons as measurements allows you to get the correct proportions of various ingredients. You might not have a set of scales but you're sure to have something vaguely cup or spoon like
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Using cups or spoons as measurements allows you to get the correct proportions of various ingredients. You might not have a set of scales but you're sure to have something vaguely cup or spoon like
@PhilthyPierre @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049
Can I substitute mugs and ladles?
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@lankohr @FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
I can think of no measurement standards which arose in the USA. Must be one.Judge each by utility. Standards matter in any system. Ease to use and teach do too.
@lauxmyth @lankohr @FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 The standard inch of 25.4mm arose due to Ford wanting interchangable parts and various people in his factory using different measures, bringing in Carl Edvard Johansson to sort it out, a major innovator in early 20th century metrology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Edvard_Johansson
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@PhilthyPierre @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049
Can I substitute mugs and ladles?
@uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049
Absolutely not. Try using those abominations and all your cakes will come out flat and your gravy will smell of Castrol R!
back in reality, I'll have a check of some old american recipe books to see if they have a standard number of spoonfuls that make a cup. If so, then you can work out the differing ratios.
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@lauxmyth @lankohr @FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 The standard inch of 25.4mm arose due to Ford wanting interchangable parts and various people in his factory using different measures, bringing in Carl Edvard Johansson to sort it out, a major innovator in early 20th century metrology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Edvard_Johansson
@PeteKirkham Standards matter. @lauxmyth @lankohr @FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
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Apart from it being a recent thing in the UK, the USA still uses F.
They also still use pounds and ounces. and pints and gallons. But be careful with USA recipes because their pounds and pints, and even their spoons and cup measures, are smaller than the imperial measures that were used in the UK.
You can still buy cup and spoon measuring kits in the UK but they are the UK sizes not USA.
@tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 In Sweden we also use "matsked" (msk) meaning dinner size spoon, and "tesked" (tsk): tea spoon and "kryddmått" (krm) spice unit. But usually the measuring kit has the volumes printed (in milliliters).
And both deciliters and centiliters pops up now and then. -
@uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049
Absolutely not. Try using those abominations and all your cakes will come out flat and your gravy will smell of Castrol R!
back in reality, I'll have a check of some old american recipe books to see if they have a standard number of spoonfuls that make a cup. If so, then you can work out the differing ratios.
@PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049 metrics is sooooo much better.
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@PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049 metrics is sooooo much better.
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@uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049
Absolutely not. Try using those abominations and all your cakes will come out flat and your gravy will smell of Castrol R!
back in reality, I'll have a check of some old american recipe books to see if they have a standard number of spoonfuls that make a cup. If so, then you can work out the differing ratios.
@PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
American pound cake/ Victoria* sponge in England
Was called that because the recipe is 4 ounces of butter, sugar, flour with two eggs. The average weight of two eggs is 4 ounces. Total 16 equals a pound.
And you can use the eggs as a counterweight to weigh the other three.
*Renamed after Queen Victoria
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@HeatherMJ @ingram @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
They are used for serving food, ie silver service wait staff use a tablespoon and a fork (one handed) to serve things like potatoes.
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@holdenweb @FaithinBones @peteorrall @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 Yes, I heard of it. But that is a ratio, not a measurement unit. It is what a lot of people made belief. "God does not play dice".
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@peteorrall @holdenweb @FaithinBones @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 "Sacred geometry" doesn't care about degrees, centimetres or what ever unit.
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@uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049
Absolutely not. Try using those abominations and all your cakes will come out flat and your gravy will smell of Castrol R!
back in reality, I'll have a check of some old american recipe books to see if they have a standard number of spoonfuls that make a cup. If so, then you can work out the differing ratios.
@PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @tiggy @kibcol1049 American here. Measuring spoons are standardized here.
A teaspoon is ~5ml.
A tablespoon = 3 tsp = ~15ml =0.5 fluid ounces.
16 tbsp =1 cup = 237ml= 8 fluid ounces
My wife bakes, and she prefers to weigh flour instead of measuring in cups where possible. Not a lot of American recipes have flour instead weight, but most non-American ones do.
(Edit for autocorrect mistake)
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@PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
American pound cake/ Victoria* sponge in England
Was called that because the recipe is 4 ounces of butter, sugar, flour with two eggs. The average weight of two eggs is 4 ounces. Total 16 equals a pound.
And you can use the eggs as a counterweight to weigh the other three.
*Renamed after Queen Victoria
@tiggy @PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 my mum always used the 2 eggs as weights to measure the other 3 ingredients. When I tell people that, I then have to explain how traditional balance scales work
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I don't get spoons or cups - how big are the spoons or cups?
@Fasgadh Usually it is all then in cups - so it is all related. Want more cake - use bigger cups. Though there is a standard size @tiggy @kibcol1049
