tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5131386959812650491.post4266540894468055496..comments2023-03-26T11:37:06.061-04:00Comments on Thought burps: Metric vs. StupidZilliah Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074211829084709859noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5131386959812650491.post-4571704659911201132012-02-19T16:13:42.719-05:002012-02-19T16:13:42.719-05:00I have the same measuring spoon set, but keep them...I have the same measuring spoon set, but keep them out of the kitchen, as I use for measuring dyes. I think historically, they were inaccurate measurements, but each meant a very small amount. I used to have one of my hub's granny's cookbooks, and many recipes specified "butter the size of a walnut" as well as the "smidgen" of this or a "dash" of that. <br /><br />As for the customers, they are usually just asking for what the pattern specifies, and they are equally baffled by the American sizing. Most seem to agree that metric makes more sense.carinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5131386959812650491.post-33708798941304765862012-02-17T05:51:42.725-05:002012-02-17T05:51:42.725-05:00Maybe if you almost (but not quite) let your disda...Maybe if you almost (but not quite) let your disdain show, they would stop asking for US sizes? (That might be a terrible idea.)<br /><br />I got a set of tiny measuring spoons that all say things like "dash," "nip," and "pinch" - I wonder if they count as metric, imperial, or something else entirely?Zilliah Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074211829084709859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5131386959812650491.post-15469133162333719032012-02-16T22:46:25.362-05:002012-02-16T22:46:25.362-05:00Couldn't agree more about the need to use metr...Couldn't agree more about the need to use metric for knitting needles, and can never remember the US sizes - probably because I don't care enough to really try, even though I work in a yarn shop. <br /><br />I was a teen when Canada converted to metric, and still think in inches and feet when estimating, and even when measuring. I'm going to steal your idea to acquaint myself with the decimeter - maybe I'll become fully metric. (Not likely; I love to cook and bake, and almost all of my recipes are in imperial!)carinoreply@blogger.com