DgarNov 9
Show threadTom WalkerNov 9
@dgar This made me think of how much we celsius users take for granted that 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is the boiling point. Do the fahrenheit people have to remember some weird numbers for this?
Show threadDgarNov 9
@tomw yes.
Show threadFishercatNov 9
@dgar @tomw
32 and 212, respectively. But it's learned very early, when we're information sponges. IIRC, I was taught this before or in the same grade (year) as learning multiplication tables.
Show threadDgarNov 9
@tomw @Fishercat
So many weird numbers. Like 63,360 inches to a mile, and 43,560 cubic feet to an acre-foot… like what?
Show threadFishercatNov 9
@dgar @tomw Nope. I never learned those. I grew up in a city with a street grid. 20 blocks = 1 mile.
Show threadFishercatNov 9
@dgar @tomw Or, I suppose, I may have been taught how many feet or yards (3 feet) in a mile, but it didn't stick. Miles weren't relevant to my daily life; knowing what the weather report meant was.
Show threadDgarNov 9

@Fishercat @tomw

Then there’s the fluids! Teaspoons, Drams, Gallons, Oil Barrels?? 😅

Show threadFishercatNov 9

@dgar @tomw

3 teaspoons per tablespoon
*16 tablespoons per cup
4 cups per quart
4 quarts per gallon

*Learned from cooking

I never learned the drams/barrels stuff.

Show threadWendroid 🇺🇦Nov 9
@Fishercat @dgar @tomw Fyi, USA / UK tsp and Tbsp only recently became standardized. The current agreed metric weight is 5gm per teaspoon, 15gm per Tablespoon. I do a lot of cooking and need to understand how much of something is, in actual fact, called for. Metrics ftw. 🖖🏼
Show threadFishercat

@wendinoakland @dgar @tomw Oh, absolutely. If I'm measuring instead of eyeballing, I use a scale set to grams for most things. I rarely use recipes as anything other than inspiration, though.

ETA: I will use measuring spoons for leavening agents, though. My scale isn't really good for such small quantities.

Nov 9 at 4:13pmWeb
Show threadWendroid 🇺🇦Nov 9
@Fishercat @dgar @tomw If you’re baking, exactitude is pretty critical. Leavenings, proportions, all can really effect your results. Cooking otoh, is yeah, more, less.