sf > wrote in news:nfdge654l3nlbjpah8htv3c6mcq5pkl1ag@
4ax.com:

> Do you have a favorite conversion calculator site to share?

My brain? We here in Canada are still hampered by remnants of the Imperial
system. Butter is sold by the 454g. Although Canada is metric (litres,
kg, etc), you cannot buy 500g of butter in a single brick, or 100g for that
matter, a much more efficient purchase and common in Europe.

Most recipes are still written in Imperial avoirdupoids and fluid measures
but more recent ones provide metric equivalences. However US publications
rarely provide metric equivalences which makes them much less useful here.

Many of the recipes I use are in Imperial, so you need to have measuring
tools with both scales or you are reduced to quick mental calculations.

Living with an antiquated and inefficient system based on the length of the
foot of a long-dead monarch, you quickly learn:

1 lb = 454g
1 kg = 2.2 lb
1/2 lb = 227g

1 tbsp = 15ml
1 tsp = 5ml
1 cup = 250ml (roughly)

From that you should be able to perform most routine calculations by
dividing and multiplying the values.

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