Who Measures Ingredients by Metric?

All gest aside, I only use American units since I have no frame of reference as to what is a liter or a gram, etc. I am a perfectionist, so I do tend to weigh and measure, even when it's inconsequential. (It's just one scoop or another, so why not?) And until a recent thread, I had no idea that a "smidgeon", "pigeon", or "curmudgeon" unit even existed! 🤣
 
Gone Hiking said:
All gest aside, I only use American units since I have no frame of reference as to what is a liter or a gram, etc. I am a perfectionist, so I do tend to weigh and measure, even when it's inconsequential. (It's just one scoop or another, so why not?) And until a recent thread, I had no idea that a "smidgeon", "pigeon", or "curmudgeon" unit even existed! 🤣
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When you get to a dash you and Mrs. GH have to run around the kitchen, in snowshoes!!! 😃
 
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I only ever use metric. If a new recipe gives in cups, then it is immediately converted to grams and rounded to the most sensible conversion - so 1 cup of cashew nuts is 150g (iirc). I will then write it down on the recipe for next time, so I don't have to worry about it again. Cups are hard work and too inaccurate for my liking.

As for pounds and ounces, I will convert to grams as well. I do have fun giggling at some American recipes/websites that have a converter on them, which I sometimes use, and seeing it say 149.34grams of xyz. Yeah - not happening. What's wrong with 150g?
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Or to use 1 cup + 1.5 tablespoon of something :scratchhead:
 
I suppose that when cut comes to thrust, we all use what we're happy with, and that's fine. I get my scales out, my little cups and plates for ingredients, and then it's 50 gms of this, 150 gms of that, 100 mls of this, and all measured out. Ready to cook and I know the dish will be almost exactly the same as the last time I cooked it.
 
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