maxine in ri wrote:
>
> On May 7, 10:31 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Those were the assumptions I used to start with, but it just seemed
> odd to have the dry ingredients measured in liters. Or is it just
> something I'm not familiar with?
>
> maxine in ri

It might have been a misguided effort at metrication of cup measures.