Subj : Re: Cookware (part #2)
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Apr 07 2024 06:33:00

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

 SH> Sorry to play bad guy, but would it be so bad for American's to do the
 SH> math instead of us?

 SD> I know MealMaster can convert Imperial measurements to metric on the
 SD> fly and I believe most recipe management software can do it.

I've used Meal Masher since it was a shareware program and I did not 
know that. How does one do that?

 SD> By the way, the US tried to use metric in the 70s and it failed but
 SD> there is one intersting vestige of that attempt: US Interstate 19.

 SD> "I-19 is unique among US Interstates because signed distances are given
 SD> in meters (hundreds or thousands as distance-to-exit indications) or
 SD> kilometers (as distance-to-destination indications), and not miles.
 SD> However, the speed limit signs give speeds in miles per hour."

 SD> From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_19

What we're left with is a mish-mash. Wine and booze are now universally
(almost) metric with bottle sizes measured in mL rather than oz or pint/
quaert/fifth etc.

And nuts 'n' bolts. Your typical General Motors vehicle (if built in USA
and not another country )is a mixture of SAE sizes and metric sizes. 

Still, we're better off than the British Empire which uses metric, BSF
(British Standard Fine) *and* Whitworth standards. Anyone who has ever
owned an older British motorcycle or car can tell you that you will need
three sets of tool to work on it.

 SD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 SD>       Title: Metric Equivalents for U.s. Measurements
 SD>  Categories: Information, Ceideburg 2
 SD>       Yield: 1 Servings

 SD>       1    Information Only

The temperature part of this charft is all wet. Especially the 350oF
equalling 180oC which caught my eye. 180oC is closer to 360oF than it 
is to 350oC.

Here's a little chart I made for my own use: The "degree" symbo is
<ALT>167 if you want to use your own favoured degree sign and do a 
bulk seek and replace. I have also used (in past) <ALT>248 which gives
just a small degree sign without the underscore. It's a matter of my
preference for disambiguation.

100oF/38oC
105oF/40oC
110oF/43oC
115oF/46oC
120oF/49oC
125oF/52oC
130oF/55oC
135oF/57oC
140oF/60oC
145oF/63oC
150oF/66oC
155oF/68oC
160oF/71oC
165oF/74oC
170oF/77oC
175oF/79oC
180oF/82oC
185oF/85oC
190oF/88oC
200oF/93oC
 -+- 
210oF/99oC
220oF/104oC
225oF/107oC
230oF/110oC
235oF/113oC
238oF/114oC
250oF/121oC
260oF/127oC
275oF/135oC
295oF/145oC
-+-
300oF/150oC
325oF/165oC
350oF/175oC
360oF/182oC
365oF/185oC
375oF/190oC
-+- 
400oF/205oC
425oF/218oC
450oF/232oC
475oF/246oC
500oF/260oC
525oF/273oC
550oF/288oC

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