Thus said Jayce^ on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:07:29 MDT: > Actually, There is good mathematic reason for the existing system. > Fractions. Basically, it's a whole lot easier to find common > denominators in the imperial measurement system, and thusly do more > complex division in ones head.
In a practical sense, it is a lot easier for me to weigh 100 grams of flour and double or triple the recipe than it is to measure triple or double 1 1/ 3 cups of flour. I don't often take a recipe and cut it in half, although finding half of 100 is much easier (at least for me) than finding half of 1 1/3 cups. Maybe if a recipe were written as 4/3 cups, but who measures in that way when dealing with fractions? I certainly haven't seen a recipe written as requiring 4/3 cups flour. Maybe I'm missing your point... Could you provide an example? Andy -- GnuPG ID 0xA63888C9 (D2DA 68C9 BB2B 26B4 8204 2219 A43E F450 A638 88C9) [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 8:19pm up 72 days, 4:57, 2 users, load average: 1.12, 1.11, 1.09 .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
