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On 7/6/2013 11:19 AM, T wrote:
> In article om>,
> says...
>>
>> On 7/4/2013 1:06 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>>> well, obviously, in other countries. I can't imagine it is called a New
>>> York steak the world over.
>>>
>>>
>> I used to live in the New York Metro area. They called it a "shell
>> steak" There was also a chuck steak or roast called "California".
>> There is no such cut in California.
>>
>> I wonder if they sell "Boston" butts in Boston.
>
> You know one of the things that annoys me is no standardized terms for
> cuts of meat. But then I realize - most of the world now runs on the
> metric system EXCEPT the U.S. But even that isn't' true as we've long
> been metric here, just not where it counts.
>
> For example, look at the tires on your car. All in milimeters. Then look
> at the bolts - same thing.
>
> Look at that bottle of soda or water - it too is now in mililiters.
>
> But our roadways are still marked in miles. And our weights still for
> the most part in pounds.

And I do hope it stays that way, tradition ought not be swept away for
the sake of "standards" written by the latest consortium.

The metric (Celsius) scale of temperatures is far more coarse then
degrees of Fahrenheit.