Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?

  • @BearOfaTime
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    142 months ago

    History.

    Why do Brits use Stone for weight of people? Same answer.

    • ChrisOP
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      -22 months ago

      Not quite the same as Stones and Kilogrammes are both units of weight. Using cups is like weighing somebody using those luggage size baskets in the airport.