On Jun 25, 5:25 pm, Giusi > wrote:
> (no spam) wrote:
> >> Actually, in the entire world except the US. Strange, no?
>
> > Yes strange... the US has been metric resistant for many years. I believe
> > sometime during 1960's the US was gradually supposed to join the rest of the
> > world and go metric. For the most part it did not happen with a few
> > exceptions. Most US products have both metric and Imperial units on them
> > however.
>
> > If anybody cares:
>
> >http://www.metric-conversion-tables....easurement.htm
>
> We were told we had 5 years to convert in 1974. Hahaha! I started, and
> then did some work which had to have both measurements and three
> languages. I bought the tools. And it never happened.
>
> As to food, however, here in Italy a full serving of pasta for a man or
> if one is eating only pasta and not a meat course is thought to be 100
> grams. That's about 3.5 ounces.
>
> My daughter in the US tells me the pasta per serving has less calories
> in the US. Huh?
>
> Then she tells me that a serving on her box of pasta is 2 ounces! In a
> country where there is almost never a meat course after the pasta. So,
> they can charge more, they sell 13.5 ounce packages which don't come out
> even in either measurement, and the pasta has fewer calories. Magic...

In the U.S., pasta usually has meat in or on it.

I serve myself one ounce of pasta and my husband, two ounces. That's
the
dry weight before cooking.

Cindy Hamilton