Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agree on food measurements?

Re:Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agre... by distances on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:33AM (#39916078)

I don't see how cups are in any way better than desilitres. You use a larger measuring tool when you need more than say three dl. I agree that grams are inconvenient to use for flours and liquids, so litre/desilitre/millilitre just seems the logical option.

I'm obviously very biased by growing up with SI units, and having no cup measures around. Every time a recipe says cups, I sigh and use a smartphone to convert it.

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Re:Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agre... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:41AM (#39916145)

According to the article a "cup" of flour is anywhere between 120g and 150g. A 5% error in measurement is enough to screw up baking, let alone a 20% error.

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Re:Cups vs. grams: why can't American and British cooks agre... by adql on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:48AM (#39916202)

I agree that grams are inconvenient to use for flours and liquids, so litre/desilitre/millilitre just seems the logical option.

It works for fluids but it is complete mess for any compressible solid (flour), and even non-compressible one that comes in different grain size(salt).

On side note it would be nice to have tabletops with builtin scale...

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