On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:17:41 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I am not that precise with cooking, except with baking. There isn't that
> much to conversion. Off the top of my head.... a cup is 250 ml, a Tsp.
> is 5 ml, so a Tbsp is 15 ml. A pound is roughly a half kilo. Temperature
> is a little tricker, but still just a matter of conversion, and it isn't
> a major deal to get a chart with the most frequently used temperature,
> like 325, 350 and 375.

but still, there is a little mental step where you do the conversion. it's
not like you 'think' in metric.

your pal,
blake