At 12 03 05, 09:41 AM, Philip S Hall wrote: >The use of cups and spoons in cooking does not make it non-metric. In fact >some cookery writers who publish metric recipes still use them, its just >that they are defined now in metric, for example a tablespoon is 15 mL. > >There's a good reason for this. The utensils are a convenient way of >measuring out the quantities. After all you don't wan't to mess around with >a measuring jug for a tablespoon of oil do you?
I don't understand your point. If you simply claim that a tablespoon is 15 mL, so you use recipes with tablespoons, how is that metric? Or at least SI metric? The tablespoon is certainly not an SI unit. If I understand you, we can simply define cups as 250 mL, gallons as 4 L, etc., and claim to be a metric country? Jim Jim Elwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 801-466-8770 www.qsicorp.com
