I looked up and wrote to Dara Reimers, the woman baker covered in that news article John Steele wrote about (below). In my note to Ms. Reimers, I expressed about the same sentiments as John did.
I was pleased to receive a pleasant and very supportive email from Ms Reimers. Her reply is copied here following John's message below. (Her reply to me also included my email to her, if you are interested in what I wrote.) As you can see, the missing metric values were omitted by the newspaper, not by Ms. Reimers. I have invited Ms. Reimers to join USMA. Bill Hooper ========================================== On Mar 27 , at 6:45 AM, John M. Steele wrote: > This article features a local baker in Maine: > http://www.sunjournal.com/bplus/story/1000985 > > In it, they give this advice: > "A final note: When it comes to measuring ingredients, Reimers said, “if > you’re serious about making bread, move to the metric system.” She prefers to > weigh her ingredients instead of using measuring cups (it’s easier, neater > and more accurate) and recommends home bakers try it out with a kitchen > scale." > > Then they give the recipe solely in Customary units. If it's better, > couldn't they give the metric, even in parentheses, so readers COULD try it? ========================================== Ms. Reimers wrote: William, Yes, duly noted. Had I actually written the article it certainly would have been included. The recipe I submitted included both imperial and metric measurements, it appears to have been an editorial decision. I like your tagline 'Make it Simple, Make it Metric', so true, I am a huge fan. Dara Reimers The Bread Shack, LLC 1056 Center St Auburn, ME 04210-6409 207-376-3090 ========================================== On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, The Bread Shack <[email protected]> wrote: From William at [email protected] It was a pleasure to read your recommendation* that bread should be baked using the metric system. I was disappointed, then, when you gave a recipe that included ONLY Ye Olde English measures instead of the metric you yourself had recommended. Regards, Bill Hooper Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ============================== *in article by Ruth DeCoster in the Sun Journal 2011 March 27 [99.174.209.115, safari 533.20]
