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    • Fun fact. Standardized measurements for cooking recipes were done in cups before metric. That’s why it locked in like that here.monospaced
    • cups are used everywhere, but in the US they're 227ml, in the UK it means 250ml these days but was 10 fluid ounces imperial (284ml). 20% enough to fuck up yourkingsteven
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    • *Litressab
    • Totally. It was only in the US that they started making recipes standard using cups though. Before that most recipes were vague on precision.monospaced
    • This isn’t an argument that metric isn’t more accurate ultimately.monospaced
    • I’m still regularly annoyed by tablespoons being 15ml everywhere but 20ml in Australia.MrT
    • I didnt realize this discrepancy existed. Hilarious.monospaced
    • Ozzies really like their pudding.Nairn
    • I got caught by cayenne pepper, but it can bugger up any number of the strong flavours one measures with a TBSP.MrT
    • The answer is ridiculously simple: weigh dry ingredients in grams, liquids in litres and millitres. Except water for baking: weigh that in g, because precision.Continuity
    • *millilitresContinuity
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