Re: Household Algebra

On Thu, 2 May 2024 11:58 +0100 (BST), prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul
Dormer) wrote:

In article <qij53jh8hchtm1c0jhj9d0nngfp1a5bie8@4ax.com>,
jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:
>

 
I think I'm gonna need a calculator.

>
When I moved into my current house 30 year ago, it had a cooker with oven
temperatures in Celsius.  The previous occupant had helpfully left a
post-it note on the inside of a cupboard door translating Celsius into
Fahrenheit.  Fortunately, these days, most recipes are in Celsius.
>

 
I did check that I have a cup of pecans.

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That's an oddity to UK cooks.  You rarely ever measure things in cups.
Liquid are measured by volume - usually millilitres - and dry goods are
measured by weight - grams.  (Well, technically mass, but let's not go
there, especially with in the US a pound is a unit of force, whereas in
the UK, it's a unit of mass, and the Imperial unit of force is the
poundal, the force needed to accelerate one pound mass by one foot per
second per second.)

<evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
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