Subj : metric system
To   : JIM WELLER
From : Bj”rn Felten
Date : Sun Jun 19 2022 20:41:03

 JW> Just to confuse things even further one American cup is 236.59 ml
 JW> (240 is close even for baking and even 250 is close enough for
 JW> liquids going into soups and stews, but a British (Imperial) cup is
 JW> 284.13 ml. Back in 1776 the Americans arbitrarily made their liquid
 JW> measures 80% of the size of the then current standard just to be
 JW> different.

   LOL! I seem to remember that there's also a similar confusion over the ounces and the gallons? Maybe even over the pints?

   Yeah, well, thanks for at least clarifying the situation. I wonder if this has anything to do with that US cuisine is not... well exactly famous around the world? The only US restaurants with even a single Michelin star seems all to be run by immigrants? :)



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