Re: OT: Units (was Re: Numbers in Qthen|gai (and in Tyl Sjok) [long])

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 04:14:46PM +0100, Henrik Theiling wrote:
> It's commonly given in weight here, but there are special measurement
> cups that measure it by volume, but have the scale in grams.  Some for
> sugar, etc.
That's convenient.  You get the precision of g for the persnickety cooks
who use their scales, and convenience for the less persnickety ones
without having to convert between two units.

Oh, and I think another reason the by-weight chefs use g over here is
that it avoids the "ounces of weight or fluid ounces?" confusion.  If a
recipe calls for "10 oz" of flour, that means 5/8 of a cup by volume,
almost guaranteed.  If the weighted recipes used ounces, that'd be
ambiguous, and 5/8 of a pound of flour is a very different quantity
thatn 5/8 of a cup of flour. :)

-Marcos