metric
Posted by ianbaggie on Sep 28, 2009 · Member since Sep 2009 · 1 posts
Is there any chance that you could put ingredients in metric measurement on your recipes. It's just that we Europeans have no idea what a cup is. I have lots of cups, and I have large ones and small ones.
Just have a glance at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_weights_and_measures
you can also put in 1 cup in ml in your google search and it will tell you the conversion. You can do it with any measurements.
I'm Canadian so I can do the metric and imperial. LOL
It's confusing, innit? I've been a lifetime member of VW for several years now. In 2007 we were asked to include metric measurements in our recipes. When I submitted the last few, I was told to use only US/English measures. Confusing.
Yeah, when I started using vw for recipes a fair amount I had to go out and buy a set of measuring cups because I don't think you can do an easy conversion of 1 cup = x grammes, just because it isn't the same for all foods.
1 cup = 240ml (from memory so might not be exact), but I could never get my head round measuring 240ml of flour - and my measuring just ain't that accurate.
You can get cheap measuring cup sets of ebay - I think mine was about £2-3, certainly no more than a fiver. Yes they are cheap plastic-y tacky cups, but so far they have lasted me about 3 or 4 years, so I would say definitely worth it.
1 cup does equal 240 ml and I usually do things by weight in the recipes I submit (a rounded US system measure and a more precise metric weight in grams) b/c I count my calories and in case others do too it makes it easier.
1 cup in Australia is 250ml...4 cups=1L. American cups are different. I use Australian measuring cups even though the recipes are mostly in American cups and I haven't noticed any significant difference. I grew up measuring dry ingredients in cups, and I still do it (even though it makes more sense to do it by weight. 1 cup of packed flour could be very different from 1 cup of sifted). It's just too much of a hassle to pull out the kitchen scale every time I make muffins. ::)
Using recipes converted to metric isn't always easy either. allrecipes.com has a metric option, which is what shows up automatically for me since I'm in a country that uses metric measurements, but I'm not going to pull out the scale for 2.5 grams of baking powder. Little things like that are still measured in teaspoons.
Unless I'm baking I don't actually measure anyway. No one I know in Spain does. You just fly by the seat of your pants, and it works.
However, note to self: you DO have to measure baking soda, kay? Cuz cake tastes like dog biscuits if you don't.
Unless I'm baking I don't actually measure anyway. No one I know in Spain does. You just fly by the seat of your pants, and it works.
However, note to self: you DO have to measure baking soda, kay? Cuz cake tastes like dog biscuits if you don't.
And you know how dog biscuits taste because.....why, exactly?!
Cuz as a small child I would sneak snacks out of the Gravy Train bag! Until my mother caught me in the act and almost had a conniption.
Maybe that's why dogs and I always get along so well.... :-D