On 08/04/20 01:15, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 9:23:48 AM UTC-4, F Murtz wrote:
>> On 07/04/20 22:58, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 8:51:21 AM UTC-4, F Murtz wrote:
>>>> You yanks use mad measurements,I just found a crumble recipe, 12
>>>> tablespoons of butter [impossible] they wanted it grated,it would need
>>>> to be hard.
>>>> butter should be by weight unless melted is specified and even if so it
>>>> would be better by weight then melted.
>>>
>>> 12 tablespoons is 1.5 sticks of butter in the configuration most
>>> commonly sold in U.S. markets. The paper wrappers are marked in
>>> tablespoon increments. One stick of butter is 0.25 pound.
>>>
>>>> I realize that you also have a size which we do not have but once you
>>>> know it is easy, but this spoon rubbish took me ages to figure out with
>>>> google
>>>> Can any one explain how this spoonful of butter started?
>>>
>>> Home cooks in the U.S. don't weigh their ingredients. Stick to Euro
>>> recipes if volumetric measurements bother you.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> Still mad to me.
>
> How nice for you.
>
> Here's a big reason we use volumetric measurements:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Farmer#Cookbook_fame>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
So I think I might start a new system with as much sense,I am going to
sell my butter in logs with them marked off in thimbles :]