Pretty well all recipes today in the UK are metric. All the cookbooks from the likes of Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith, etc are in metric, as are the recipes each week in the Sunday Times Magazine. A popular TV series, titled Come Dine With Me, also gives out its recipes in metric only.
The non-metric recipe is, except for older ones, essentially dead. John F-L ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Trusten To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: Sally Mitchell Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:00 PM Subject: [USMA:45705] the metric system and cooking recipes When I posted an item on my pharmacy blog about the metric system, one person commented, "That's fine, but keep it out of my kitchen!" That was an interesting response. We usually have to deal with nationalism, or just plain stubbornness, when someone opposes metric so pointedly, but the dislike of metric units in cooking is a different prejudice. As a pharmacist, I found myself wanting to use metric units on this very point. The symbol for pharmacy or a prescription, "Rx," is actually shorthand for rhe word "recipe," and a prescription can be considered just that: a list of ingredients along with directions for preparation. Compounding medications requires objectivity and accuracy, but why do you think people who enjoy preparing food from recipes have a nerve struck on metrication? This whole subject is particularly engaging because USMA member Sally Mitchell is particularly emphatic about using the metric system in cooking. Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association.Inc. www.metric.org trus...@grandecom.net
