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Why do Americans measure everything in cups?
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No think, grab spoon/cup, dump.
Source: USAian.
Cups is a volumetric measurement. Honestly I'd be fine with switching to liters for measurements, or deciliters or whatever makes sense. Gravimetric measurements never made intuitive sense to me.
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I'm from the UK but we have a set of cups for old recipes (and American recipes)... Honestly it's easier in a lot of cases to measure stuff out, I like it. What's really annoying is that US and UK cups are DIFFERENT SIZES.
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Measuring by volume is fewer steps. You fill it up to the line, done. Much easier than guessing, checking the weight, adjusting etc.
I don't think Americans are the only ones who do it the easier way...
Measuring by weight is great for pros who want to work fast. Most people are not pros.
Silly question: are all cups the same volume? I didn’t bother to measure but the cup i use to scoop rice seems very different in size from the one I use for dog food…
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Adam ragusea has some good video explaining both why we use volume and why we don't use metric
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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