A few decades ago, metric would have been sanitized out of any recipe like that. Wouldn't have mattered if it's about a signature French dessert. I think it's a sign among a few others, that metric is becoming more acceptable to Americans even in the daily activities such as cooking. One other significant sign I'd mention is the metric use by NPR correspondents. This especially applies to the young ones as seen in the Libyan conflict, who often used kilometers for city distances, and no one bothered to slyly throw in the equivalent in miles.
Why 149C? I think it went through the following conversion: 150 C-> 302 F -> let's round down the F -> 300F -> what was that in Celsius again? -> 148.88 -> 149 C. At least Celsius is in the recipe, and those who use ovens on regular basis know that 1 degree C is meaningless. Remek On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 19 July 2011 14:11:07 Martin Vlietstra wrote: > > I should hope that this particular recipe is in metric - the choice of > > recipe was prompted by Bastile Day! > > Why 149 instead of 150 °C? > > If it's French, it's blue, white, and red. > > Pierre > -- > Don't buy a French car in Holland. It may be a citroen. > >
