What Did the Cellar Ever Do For You...? - Page 3

regular.joe · 11-26-2009, 05:47 PM

SG,

You are a cool chick in my book. Nice post, well said. Thank you.

(I am totally resisting the urge to pontificate on this thread. You said enough and you said it well.)

xoxoxoBruce · 11-26-2009, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

Yes. I still measure things in feet and inches, and pounds and ounces, and pints ...

...for good measure.

monster · 11-26-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

Yes. I still measure things in feet and inches, and pounds and ounces, and pints ...

They call those "English" measurments over here, rather than "Imperial".....

Sundae · 11-27-2009, 12:36 PM

Just used the second package of cornbread mix you sent me, Monster.
Mum & I ate half while it was still warm (naughty, naughty).

Measurements on the packet threw me all over again - I can never get used to measuring in cups and have to have a translation every time. Even my lovely BBC cookery book, which includes Metric and Imperial measures AND instructions for Aussies and Merkins doesn't translate cups - it says it varies by ingredient.

What an odd system, say I

Cloud · 11-27-2009, 01:15 PM

what do you use instead of cups for dry volume measurement?

Sundae · 11-27-2009, 01:23 PM

I came online and translated it by product.
I wanted grated cheese, and got a weight measurement so I could weigh it out.

monster · 11-27-2009, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

what do you use instead of cups for dry volume measurement?

Ingredients are weighed in British recipes.

BigV · 11-27-2009, 02:41 PM

Excellent post, Sundae Girl. Bravo.

Cloud · 11-27-2009, 08:57 PM

so, you have to have a scale to cook with? or bake with?

monster · 11-27-2009, 08:58 PM

right. But we all have one. Just like you all have cup measures.

DanaC · 11-28-2009, 05:12 AM

I don't have a scale. I just guess.

Sundae · 11-28-2009, 05:20 AM

Scales are useful for calculating postage on eBay as well.
Or Secret Santa postage of course.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2009, 07:44 AM

GREAT post SG.

monster · 11-28-2009, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

I don't have a scale. I just guess.

Some cup-measurers do too -hence the "just like"

How often do you cook requiring measurements, Dana? :p

DanaC · 11-28-2009, 11:03 AM

lol Not so often these days:P But I used to be a pretty good cook when i had a reason to and a kitchen to do it in.

11-26-2009, 05:47 PM	#31
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11-27-2009, 12:36 PM	#34
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just used the second package of cornbread mix you sent me, Monster. Mum & I ate half while it was still warm (naughty, naughty). Measurements on the packet threw me all over again - I can never get used to measuring in cups and have to have a translation every time. Even my lovely BBC cookery book, which includes Metric and Imperial measures AND instructions for Aussies and Merkins doesn't translate cups - it says it varies by ingredient. What an odd system, say I __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-27-2009, 01:15 PM	#35
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	what do you use instead of cups for dry volume measurement? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-27-2009, 01:23 PM	#36
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I came online and translated it by product. I wanted grated cheese, and got a weight measurement so I could weigh it out. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-27-2009, 02:41 PM	#38
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Excellent post, Sundae Girl. Bravo. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-27-2009, 08:57 PM	#39
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	so, you have to have a scale to cook with? or bake with? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-27-2009, 08:58 PM	#40
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	right. But we all have one. Just like you all have cup measures. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-28-2009, 05:20 AM	#42
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Scales are useful for calculating postage on eBay as well. Or Secret Santa postage of course. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-28-2009, 07:44 AM	#43
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	GREAT post SG. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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