maxine in ri wrote:
> Was looking for a recipe for the rhubarb we got in our CSA last week,
> and came across one where the measurements were given in liters.
>
> 2 liters chopped rhubarb
> 1 liter sugar <?>
> 20 ml ginger
>
> I always thought that the rest of the world used weights to measure,
> not volume.
>
> Discuss?


Canada is officially metric, but most cookbooks still use Imperial
measure. It is easy enough to convert. A teaspoon in 5 ml and since
there are 3 tsp in a Tablespoon, that works out to 15 ml.

A cup is roughly 250 ml. Four cups in a quart, 4 X 250 ml is a litre.

One Kg is a little more than 2 pounds.


Can't understand why so many people resist metric. It makes a heck of a
lot more sense to use a system of measurement based on tens than the
cockamamie system where there are strange sets of fractions that make no
sense at all.