From: tppm@ca.rr.com   
      
   On Thu, 2 May 2024 11:58 +0100 (BST), prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul   
   Dormer) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I think I'm gonna need a calculator.   
   >   
   >When I moved into my current house 30 year ago, it had a cooker with oven   
   >temperatures in Celsius.  The previous occupant had helpfully left a   
   >post-it note on the inside of a cupboard door translating Celsius into   
   >Fahrenheit.  Fortunately, these days, most recipes are in Celsius.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I did check that I have a cup of pecans.   
   >   
   >That's an oddity to UK cooks.  You rarely ever measure things in cups.   
   >Liquid are measured by volume - usually millilitres - and dry goods are   
   >measured by weight - grams.  (Well, technically mass, but let's not go   
   >there, especially with in the US a pound is a unit of force, whereas in   
   >the UK, it's a unit of mass, and the Imperial unit of force is the   
   >poundal, the force needed to accelerate one pound mass by one foot per   
   >second per second.)   
      
   I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.   
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