It's a conspiracy - check your measuring devices

[BrandonR]

Luckily cooking isn't an exact science. I love it when recipes call for 1 egg.. yeah... OK... what type/size of egg?

 

[farmgirl19]

I use a "pinch" and a "tad" when cooking. Baking usually needs a little more exact measurements. I enjoy cooking more than baking, as one can "play" with the recipe. In baking, change much at all, and you can get a disaster.

 

[k0ua]

Luckily cooking isn't an exact science. I love it when recipes call for 1 egg.. yeah... OK... what type/size of egg?

"adjust to taste!" OK, how in the "heck" are you supposed to adjust to taste when you havent cooked the thing yet. How do you know how much to add.. ok ok.. I know you are supposed to have baked a dozen of these things, and you will know after a while how much to add. But like you said, it is not an exact science.

 

[jinman]

James, science went to the metric system long ago. Frankly, if we have to write everything in three or four languages, what's a little concession to the old system of measures. It's not costing our economy nearly as much as our bi/tri/quad-lingual instructions that are becoming necessary. My hand is up in your favor, but if you don't want to change to metric, then I'm good with that also.

 

[Sysop]

why in "heck" didn't we convert to metric back in the 70's when all the noise was made about doing it.

Because by the 1970s the 20-30 year olds that saved the world in WWII were all in their 50s and 60s and running things. They saved the world building the tools of war with imperial measurements and "by damned" weren't changing at that point.

In all of our science classes, everything was always measured in the metric system. And then you go home, and deal with "tablespoons, and teaspoons"...

I consider our generation to be blessed to have the knowledge of experience with both.

The main thing I consider to be a downfall of "the metric switch" is that most manufacturers seem to size things down to the nearest metric equivalent rather than sizing up to the next largest size. That's not really anything against metric itself, just what I see as part of that change in some of the various things I've turned a wrench on...

 

[k0ua]

Because by the 1970s the 20-30 year olds that saved the world in WWII were all in their 50s and 60s and running things. They saved the world building the tools of war with imperial measurements and "by damned" weren't changing at that point.



I consider our generation to be blessed to have the knowledge of experience with both.

The main thing I consider to be a downfall of "the metric switch" is that most manufacturers seem to size things down to the nearest metric equivalent rather than sizing up to the next largest size. That's not really anything against metric itself, just what I see as part of that change in some of the various things I've turned a wrench on...

Of course every nut and bolt on our tractors is Metric, and most automobiles also. My tape measures are both, my digital dial calipers are both, (I still have some analog ones that are not of course, but at least with calipers we measure in thousand's not 1/16 or 1/32 or 1/64 or some stupid thing like that.

 

[cqaigy2]

Ok, i'll be the one to mention the gorilla in the room. The reason we didn't go to metric is because of "The" conspiracy by the Man to keep us in debt, buying two sets of tools! Then we have to buy two tools boxes and two totes to carry alla tools in. :confused2:

 

[Midniteoyl]

I won't touch that with a 3 meter pole!

3.048 meters

 

[Midniteoyl]

Exactly, but if a recipe called for 5 milliliters of something and you wanted to make three times as much you would add 15Milliters. if you wanted to make 10 times as much you would add 50 milliliters. Pretty easy huh?

3 teaspoons is 3x 1 teaspoon

 

[Midniteoyl]

I am old, and it doesn't matter any more, but I would go thru the pain of converting to the metric system just to get it over with and leave something besides debt for our children. A show of hands if you agree. My hand is up. What say you. Up or down.?

If the metric system eliminated debt, what happened to Greece?