"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>
> Among other things, if you cook and use cookbooks, you'd be constantly
> converting forever...unless you threw them all out and replaced them.
> Most
> of my US cookbooks do not contain metric measurements.
>
> Having said that, I have quite a few cookbooks from the UK and Europe. I
> made a point of buying measuring equipment for that purpose, as well as a
> scale that weighs in both ounces and grams.

Once you start using the system, you know the conversions easily and
quickly. Like bi-lingual people that slip in and out of both languages as
if they are one. The most difficult part is just accepting that you are
going to use metric and in a few days, it is second nature.

I can look at a pressure gauge and see 2 bar or 30 psi and know what it
means. In any case, I don't see any changes coming to the US kitchen in my
lifetime. Too many people just won't change.