I got a recipe app that can automatically convert measurements to metric (I mean what the fuck is a cup), so I guess I'll be adding 14.8ml sugar to this one
cooking measurements / cw: mild reference to dieting
@noiob they have scales sometimes, but AFAICT that’s only if you’re either being strict about portion sizes for various reasons or gotten really, really into breadmaking.
Old home economics curricula really drove volume over weight, and that just stuck
cooking measurements / cw: mild reference to dieting
@noiob Canada is even weirder because you had metric, imperial, and US measurement uptake, British and American cookbooks depending on the publisher, and an awkward mingling of Canadian/US home ec, food shows, tool inventory...
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