Maybe you should have told her you are an amateur chef and that you use metric because good food made the right way has to be done in metric. That includes using a balance instead of cups. It is like chemistry, if you don't mix the chemicals correctly you produce an inferior product. This way instead of you feeling like the weirdo, she would have.Dear Daniel and All,
This paragraph reminds me of Jim Frysinger's excellent response to someone who wrote to him about metric units in the kitchen. I will repeat Jim's comments below:
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Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
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On Wednesday 15 June 2005 21:55, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> Here is my reply to one correspondent.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wednesday 15 June 2005 07:02, you wrote:
> > Speak for yourself not everyone likes the metric system. I hate it and do
> > not wish to learn it. I want my milk sold by the pint quart or gallon
> > and my canned goods sold in oz., and I want to buy my meat and produce by
> > the pound. Not whatever the stupid metric equivalent is.
> >
> > So keep the metric system out of my Kitchen.
>
> Dear Ms. T-----,
>
> My apologies if that should have been "Miss" or "Mrs."; I cannot tell from
> your email.
>
> Thank you for letting me know how you feel about the metric system. You are
> right; not everyone likes the metric system. Fear not, nobody can make you
> learn it against your will.
>
> However, you are also wrong; I do not speak for myself but for those folks
> who do like the metric system. Quite a few folks do like it, though perhaps
> nobody that you know. Perhaps even more folks in this country like it than
> there are folks who don't like it.
>
> I wish I could make you happy by keeping the metric system out of your
> kitchen but that would be impossible for me unless you have no electricity
> in your kitchen. You see, everything associated with electricity is metric:
> volts, amperes, watts, kilowatt-hours, and so forth. Oh, and the amount of
> light put out by the light bulbs is measured in another metric unit ---
> lumens. Check a package of light bulbs the next time you shop. And
> batteries are labeled in metric units as well; you won't even be able to
> use a flashlight without using a product with metric labeling.
>
> If you have a watch or a clock (wind-up style, surely), please remove the
> second hand. The second is a metric unit.
>
> By the way, I presume that your canned goods are home canned because those
> purchased in the store are required by law to also be labeled in metric
> units. And, surely, you have very few bottled beverages in your kitchen;
> not only are those labeled with metric units, some of them come in "round"
> metric sizes, such as 1 liter and half-liter bottles.
>
> Perhaps you are one of those fortunate ones who do not have to worry about
> counting grams of fat and fiber or milligrams of sodium. Those are metric
> units. And, please!, keep your medicine out of the kitchen, even aspirin
> and other drug store remedies; it is all labeled in metric units.
>
> Since you probably don't have electricity in your kitchen, you don't have
> to worry about tuning in radio stations. That's good because their
> frequencies are all given in metric units.
>
> Now, I've got some really bad news for you. Anything measured in inches,
> feet, yards, ounces, pints, quarts, pecks, bushels, or pounds must be
> removed from your kitchen. You see, those are all defined in terms of
> metric units; there are no separate standards for those anymore --- not for
> the last 112 years.
>
> See how much simpler life is without metric units? No ....
> electricity
> radio
> second hands on clocks and watches
> commercially canned or bottled goods
> medicines
> nutrition labels
> ....
>
> Here's to you and your battle against the metric system. I hope your life
> measures up to your expectations.
>
> best regards,
> Jim Frysinger
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James R. Frysinger
Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
Senior Member, IEEE
http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj
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