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I was under the impression that the Imperial (UK) measures were mostly no longer used. Is that wrong?

• anotherevan 9y ago
  Not sure on that, but there are more regions than just the US and UK. For instance, here in Australia a teaspoon[1] is 15ml, not 14.92ml, and a tablespoon[2] equals four teaspoons, not three, so 20ml, not 14.8ml. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaspoon#United_States_customary_teaspoon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaspoon#United_States_customa... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon#Traditional_definitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon#Traditional_definit...
  • codefined 9y ago
    Currently living in the UK, perhaps 90% of the recipe books and equipment I currently have in my house are Imperial. Definitely do value that as an option.
    • pbhjpbhj 9y ago
      Recipes are an area that is quite hard to shift to metric because often recipes are handed down from previous generations. Simplistic conversions are easy, but will often create slight problems in the recipe - eggs, 'spoon based measures, etc., break the rounding that goes on in moving between measure systems. Cookware passed down too could help to promulgate Imperial measures, we have a heap of tins that are inch-based measures. They're small effects but they add up.