On Sunday 06 February 2005 09:06, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > I've read that metric recipes usually quote the > > mass, not volume, of solid > > ingredients. > > It's not that cooking in metric requires measurement > of solids by mass. It's just that most of the > countries that were iniitial users of metric had also > adopted measurement by mass as part of their cooking > procedures. That's why most metric recipes usually > show solids measured by mass.
Well, I found http://www.deliciasdacozinhamineira.com.br/ and the recipes have kilograms of meat and liters of milk, but the rice and sugar are measured in tea jiggers (?), and liquids are measured in jiggers, cups, and spoons, plus the occasional half-can of something, which is useless for someone who doesn't know how big the can is. There's a page of "dicas" explaining the units. phma -- li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa
