today's question: what do you find to be the most useless units of measure for cooking. i'll start

Randi, it's probably a recipe converted directly from metric

since 4/5 cup would be 2 deciliters....

I know converting a recipe is hell, but I do this on a weekly basis and one will get used to it - like me, I have gotten used to it after doing it for 15 years smileys/wink.gif

 
For me, it's ounces. I'm used to metric measurements >>

and oz means nothing to me. When I thought I had figured out ounces once, I found there are ounces both for weight AND liquid.
There's no logic to oz for a person brought up in the metric world.

I got lost - and now, every time a recipe calls for oz something, I turn the page and look for something else.

 
Oh Eva, you're missing out! Here is a handy online converstion tool (link)...

I use it when I find a great recipe in kgs. I know your frustration about liquid/weight measures though. My sister wondered about that recently when her vet told her to use "4 oz per cup" of dry dog food. She measured it in a dry cup container... I thought it was probably a weight, not a measurement in terms of kitchen measuring cup size. She asked the vet, and he did mean weight.

--- Also, remember that "oz" in an American recipe usually means measure it, not weigh it, 9 times out of 10 (or is that 5.5 times out of 7.1) - lol --- unless it is something solid like cheese.

My grandmother always used to say, "the pint's a pound the world around" 16 ounces (oz) is a pound (lb) - but really only with water!!, but close enough for most things.

http://www.ift.com/html/weight.html

 
I am so bookmarking this site!!! smileys/smile.gif >>>

Thank you for sharing this converter. It's so much easier than the ones I have seen before and tried to use.

Still, I look forward to the day the US converts to the metric system
smileys/bigsmile.gif (Yeah, like that's gonna happen overnight smileys/wink.gif

 
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