Why do Americans measure everything in cups?

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Why do Americans measure everything in cups? - Feddit UK

Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?

Adam ragusea has some good video explaining both why we use volume and why we don’t use metric
The argument for cooking with volume measurements, rather than weight

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I tried watching it. I gave up in European.

youtu.be/iJymKowx8cY?si=ZJ7sKhOdiHxozSUO

Another video that explains stuff on the imperial system that fits.

a defense of the imperial measurement system

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