On Wednesday 22 June 2005 10:21, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> Why do you say that she has forgotten how to use
> metric? Because she wanted to measure the fat rather
> than weigh it? Or did she just not know how to weigh
> something?
Because she weighed the lye in ounces rather than grams, even though her scale
has a gram scale. I spent a few days with her, not just making soap, and that
was my general impression.
> When Canada adopted the metric system, a decision was
> made not to adopt the system of cooking where all dry
> ingredients were measured by mass. Instead, the
> system of measuring liquids and certain dry items by
> volume, and other items by mass, should be retained.
>
> People shouldn't confuse the subject of using metric
> units with the subjec of measuring by volume versus
> mass. Cooking with mL of flour is just as metric as
> grams of flour.
I cook rice by volume, 100 mL per portion. When I wanted to cook rice at her
place, though, she doesn't have a measuring cup, just various measuring
spoons, and I picked the closest one in size.
I make soap by mass because the sap values are ratios of masses.
phma
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