BlueSeaneey
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Jun 28, 2023 9:12 AM
BlueSeaneey
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friendsofsandwiches
I feel this should be in the opening credits to Evangellion
astromoondoggie
Biblically accurate measuring chart. “BE NOT AFRAID!”
dashcan
Equal, you say... We can figure a way around that.
briham86
Sauroctonus
Oh, cups are a specific size? I thought American recipes were just being vague.
JanCicvarek
There should one of them with mililitres or grams. So i can back track what is what
MoeMoep
But that would be a pretty complicated graph.
Hellstorm99
What about a buttload!?
stonerhino
is that the same as an arseload?
Hellstorm99
1 buttload = 384 gallons
MrNozzlelollipops
What's going on here? That 1tsp +5tbl =1/3 of a cup just checking
BlueSeaneey
Yes, 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon is 1/3 cup
ASneakyTurtle
How does 1/3 cup = 1 teaspoons
BlueSeaneey
It's 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon is 1/3 cup
ASneakyTurtle
Ty
FaecalJacksonPollock
What's this, a sigil to ward against sensible measurement systems?
Thajurriesexcuesed
This is sensible for cooking, but not so much for science.
MRdotDUCK
How is this more sensible than 1l
DustInComp
Go measure out 14.79 cm³ of sugar then
CakeShapedPie
Recipes in imperial units are all in small counts and are easy to remember. I make shortbread and Yorkshire's a couple times a year and I have the recipes memorized. 4 cups of flour, 2 cups of butter, 1 cup icing sugar, some nilla. I also make soap using grams and I have to look up the measurements every time and often several times in the process. Human brains are good at numbers <5 and not much bigger
Thajurriesexcuesed
I didn't say it was "more" sensible, just sensible for cooking... I've done chemistry and physics using SI, and it makes things a lot easier there. But for cooking, I prefer cups & tablespoons. It separates the lab from the kitchen.
MRdotDUCK
Fair point
madjo
Meanwhile grams exist
BearRaid
This is for liquids so you’d be using millilitres.
mantabloke
along will ammo such as the 9mm
dohcohv
Less useful when you don't have an accurate scale. Imperial measurements are easier to remember because you never have to count to four and doubling is easy with barely any math. For example; making chicken adobo, 2 cups soy sauce, 1 cup vinegar, 2lb chicken, one onion, 4-6 potatoes, 1/4 cup garlic. Can half, double or triple the recipe very easily and it's easy to remember.
MoeMoep
How is this mesa easier to remember than a single unit and universal modifiers?
dohcohv
400grams of this, 0.8l of that, etc. Larger numbers are harder to multiply in your head and harder to remember. Scientifically, metric is way better. However, to make this recipe with imperial I just a cup, that's it.
MoeMoep
400g Double 800 g, 0.8l doubled 1.6l, how is this a problem? Also half a cup is now what? Or if I need to make 10 times the amount. Now I'm gonna need to scooped 10 times instead of just weighing off 4kg instead of 400g.
dohcohv
The problem is you don't usually make 10times the amount, 20lbs of chicken and 60 potatoes is a LOT, more than you would ever make outside a restaurant setting where scales and massive pots are normal.
BearRaid
So a cup is just half a pint? Just fucking call it that then. “Cup” is one of the most ambiguous names for a measurement ever conceived.
CakeShapedPie
Its a cup. Like a coffee cup. As long as you use the same one it doesn't matter
Ijustsigneduptoupvotethis
A cup is 250ml. Pint 500ml and quart is 1l. Knowing this you can pretty much convert everything else to metric and it would make a ton more sense than this chart.
daguq
UK pint = 568.261ml
mantabloke
Cup is 236ml and a pint us 473ml so not the same. also 1l of water is 1kg of water try that in your ancient system
Ijustsigneduptoupvotethis
Wtf? Metric always had a cup at 250ml. No wonder imperial is so bonkers. Even recipes list cups with metric at 250ml.
Ambipolar
Yea it's kind of a pain measuring 236 ml compared to 250 ml and it's an ok error margin.