[USMA:29200] Re: U K recipes

[Chimpsarecute]

That just means the publishers of those books are aware of the differences between US cooking standards and UK. But, not all are that way.  For example:

 

http://www.recipesource.com/

 

This site is viewable to everyone in the world.  Yet, it is entirely in FFU.  Someone from the UK or someone who is familiar with may interpret the amounts as the UK imperial, Americans will interpret it as US measurements.  Someone from neither the UK nor the US may have a local interpretation of the amounts.  There is no guarantee that the amounts will always be interpreted as to what was intended.  That is my point.

 

At least if they included metric measures, one can be assured as to what is/was meant.

 

Here is a sample recipe from the site:

 

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
       Title: Apfelpfannkuchen (Apple Pancakes)
  Categories: Fruits, Brunch, Breads, German
       Yield: 4 Servings
 
            SANDY VAN BIBBER XWCG89A
     2/3 c  Flour; Unbleached; Unsifted
       2 ts Sugar
     1/4 ts Salt
       4    Eggs; Large; Beaten
     1/2 c  Milk
       2 c  Apple; Slices
     3/4 c  Butter Or Margarine
       2 tb Sugar
     1/4 ts Cinnamon
 
   Sift together the flour; 2 t sugar, and the salt.
    Beat eggs and milk together.  Gradually add flour mixture; beat until
   smooth.  Saute apples in 1/4 c of butter until tender. Mix 2 T sugar and
   the cinnamon together; toss with apples. Melt 2 T butter in a 6-inch
   diameter, deep frypan. Pour in the batter to a depth of about 1/4-inch.
   When set, place 1/4 of the apples on top; cover with more batter. Fry
   pancake until lightly browned on both sides. Keep warm.
    Repeat the procedure 3 times, until all batter and apples are used. Serve
   immediately.
 
-----

 

Those who are interested in cooking may want to contactt he site and malke a pitch for metric. 

 

Euric

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "J. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent: Saturday, 2004-03-13 23:06

Subject: Re: [USMA:29180] Re: U K recipes

> I have 3 English language cookbooks from 3 different publishers that each give
> 3 columns for the ingredients:  US, Imperial, and metric.  The US and
> Imperial columns are quite different.  For example, where the US column says
> "1 1/2 quarts" the Imperial column says "2 1/2 pints."  Or "1 cup" for US and
> "8 fl oz" for imperial.
>
> On Thursday 11 March 2004 15:37, Chimpsarecute wrote:
> > A couple of weeks ago some posters made a big issue of the difference
> > between a 236 mL and a 250 mL cup.  The fact that the UK has a cup equal to
> > almost 300 mL proves that the difference in the cups is moot.  If a UK
> > citizen used a US recipe, they would interpret the cup to the UK version
> > and use the cup that is in their kitchen.  Nowhere in recipes does it
> > qualify the cup as either UK or US.  The same is true in reverse.
> >
> > If it really made a difference there would be a lot of bad tasting food
> > produced.
> >
> > Euric
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, 2004-03-11 18:12
> > Subject: [USMA:29178] Re: U K recipes
> >
> > > I believe that a UK cup is 10 UK fluid ounces, which is about 284 ml.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 10 March 2004 09:22, john mercer wrote:
> > > >  I was on a site this morning looking at U K cooking recipes.  The
> >
> > recipes
> >
> > > > that used meat when it called for a lb they called 450 g a lb. They
> >
> > still
> >
> > > > use cups for volume.  Does anybody know how many ml are in a U K cup?
> >
> > John
>
>