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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).
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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 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
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@HeatherMJ @ingram @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
One tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, about 14.7ml. Common implement in US kitchens in the US where volume not weight is used for coolking measurements. They come in plastic sets. Silver and stainless steel tablespoons are used for serving. -
@HeatherMJ @ingram @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
One tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, about 14.7ml. Common implement in US kitchens in the US where volume not weight is used for coolking measurements. They come in plastic sets. Silver and stainless steel tablespoons are used for serving.@stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 15 ml, except when it isnt.
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@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
@outinthehills @tiggy @PhilthyPierre @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
Do you wear a blindfold and loose toga when weighing, or explain in a different manner?
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@stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 15 ml, except when it isnt.
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@stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 15 ml, except when it isnt.
@ingram @stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @tiggy @Fasgadh
This is why I love Mastodon. From my original post about Apple’s dodgy temperature conversions. I have now become an expert on baking measurements around the world - and more! Thanks everyone.
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@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
@outinthehills @tiggy @PhilthyPierre @uc @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 When I asked my mother for a recipe for a particular cake the reply was four numbers, eg "6, 4, 4, 3", being, possibly in the wrong order, ounces of flour, fat and sugar, and number of eggs.
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@HeatherMJ @ingram @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
One tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, about 14.7ml. Common implement in US kitchens in the US where volume not weight is used for coolking measurements. They come in plastic sets. Silver and stainless steel tablespoons are used for serving.@stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @ingram @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 I was brought up to believe that Americans use cups and spoons because the pioneers had these anyway on their wagons, whereas an actual pair of scales for weighing ingredients was expensive and took months to order from thousands of miles away and had no other uses but weighing things.
Which makes the idea of buying sets of measuring spoons and cups slightly arse about tit.
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@kibcol1049 @tiggy @Fasgadh found that a while ago…
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@stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @ingram @tiggy @Fasgadh @kibcol1049 I was brought up to believe that Americans use cups and spoons because the pioneers had these anyway on their wagons, whereas an actual pair of scales for weighing ingredients was expensive and took months to order from thousands of miles away and had no other uses but weighing things.
Which makes the idea of buying sets of measuring spoons and cups slightly arse about tit.
@TimWardCam @stevewfolds @HeatherMJ @ingram @Fasgadh @kibcol1049
My current collection of teaspoons comes in 4 different sizes, a good example of shrinkflation.
