Yes, I am afraid you are a rarity and a very precious one at that.
Linda
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From: Linus Peter Sweers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36116] RE: measuring spoons
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:37:51 -0800
Hmm. I am a republican with very strong views that we should go metric. The
longer we wait the more money it will cost. I guess I am a rarity. :^)
LPS
Linda D. Bergeron wrote:
Thank you Pat, I already have your article downloaded on my computer and
have been using it to convert to cooking with the SI.
The one area where I cannot convert is temperature. I have yet to see
Celsius oven here in the USA. Even if they do exist here, I am a renter and
thus I have no choice in my major appliances.
While I already have other metric cooking supplies, I have noticed that
they are becoming a rareity on some store shelves where they use to be
plentiful. This is all part of the USA's backslidding on metircation that
started when the Republicans came to power and is likely to continue as
long as they remain in power.
Linda D. Bergeron
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From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linda D Bergeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"U.S. Metric Association"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [USMA:36058] RE: measuring spoons
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:07:21 +1100
On 20/02/06 10:19 AM, "Linda D. Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since mass is a function of *both* density and volume, I too fail to
> understand how you can directly measure mass by volume alone. To work
out an
> estimate of mass, using volume, you would need to know the density of
the
> material in question. Unless the material is a pure substance, you will
be
> essentially SOL on doing this.
>
> For what is worth, I reserve measurement by volume for liquids.
Everything
> else is measured by mass.
>
> Given that most (American) recipes use a volume measure for some sold
items,
> like flour, doing this will take some experimentation with a good scale
and
> accurate cups and spoons to come up this mass equivalence for a specific
> material.
>
> Linda D. Bergeron
>
Dear Linda,
You might like to check an article that my wife and I wrote called 'Metric
cooking with confidence' that you can find near the bottom of the web page
at: http://www.metricationmatters.com/articles . This seems to be one of
the
most popular articles on our list.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216
Geelong, Australia
61 3 5241 2008
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