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Given the measurements in grams, I’d assume the temperature is Celsius.

ars 6y ago
I wouldn't. One recipe has a temperature of 250 which seems pretty hot if it's C. Also they are using teaspoons. But 160 is way low if it's F, so ???? I think the creator needs to step in and let us know LOL
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- dazsnow 6y ago
  All units are in standard metric units because it's more precise / easier to measure / more useful for the majority of people. I'll consider adding a toggle for American units later. 250 is indeed very hot, but sometimes that might the kind of temperature you need - it's the upper limit of most domestic ovens. Some measurements are in teaspoons just because that's what most of the recipes I was basing this on were using, and precision isn't really so important for those ingredients, but yeah, the inconsistency is annoying. Will consider changing that to grams later.
  - kijin 6y ago
    A short time at 250C will make for extra crispy cookies, but the dough will have to be thin or the outside will be charred black before the inside is cooked. It takes trial and error to find the right balance. :) A metric teaspoon is 5ml and a metric tablespoon is 15ml. They're perfectly acceptable units, not to mention convenient. Would you rather use 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda or measure 2.5 grams on a kitchen scale? I live in a fully metric country but whenever I need to use a recipe written in grams, I immediately convert them to ts/TS/cups and never look at the gram figure again.
    - em-bee 6y ago
      i prefer metric units always. i have spoons in all different sizes, and i can't always tell which measurements matter, and which don't. from metric units i can more easily figure out which spoon size i need.
      - kijin 6y ago
        Standard spoons for cooking are are much bigger than regular table spoons, and their volumes are clearly marked. There's no room for confusion. Besides, it's not easy to convert from grams to spoons on the fly because different ingredients have different densities, and the density of powdered material is different from that of a solid block. The same problem arises when converting spoons to grams. The worst is when you encounter a recipe that has been converted from spoons to grams (or vice versa) using the wrong densities. It's like encoding an image in JPEG. Every conversion reduces the precision of the numbers.
        em-bee 6y ago
        Standard spoons for cooking are are much bigger than regular table spoons that's even worse. if i need specialized equipment to get the right measurements then where is the advantage? with metric units, a scale and a jar with markers for volume is all that i ever need to do all measurements in the kitchen. what's more, both the scale and the jar can handle imperial units as well. The worst is when you encounter a recipe that has been converted from spoons to grams (or vice versa) using the wrong densities if the measurement is done at a specific density, and i redo the same measurement at a different density then it's going to be wrong no matter what. but if that is a problem, then volume is the wrong measurement to begin with. this isn't even about metric vs imperial, because the same problem applies if the spoon is converted to imperial weight. spoons need to be converted to mililiters or fluid ounces to avoid that problem. this is not an argument to keep using spoons as units.
        kijin 6y ago
        There are lots of recipes out there that call for 1/4 teaspoon of some kind of spice. That's easy to measure if you have the typical 1/4tsp, 1/2tsp, 1tsp, and 1TBS set. Not so easy on a low-cost kitchen scale (that still costs more than the spoon set!) that can't measure 0.6 grams accurately. So you need to get specialized equipment anyway.
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ars 6y ago

I wouldn't. One recipe has a temperature of 250 which seems pretty hot if it's C. Also they are using teaspoons. But 160 is way low if it's F, so ???? I think the creator needs to step in and let us know LOL

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dazsnow 6y ago
All units are in standard metric units because it's more precise / easier to measure / more useful for the majority of people. I'll consider adding a toggle for American units later. 250 is indeed very hot, but sometimes that might the kind of temperature you need - it's the upper limit of most domestic ovens. Some measurements are in teaspoons just because that's what most of the recipes I was basing this on were using, and precision isn't really so important for those ingredients, but yeah, the inconsistency is annoying. Will consider changing that to grams later.
- kijin 6y ago
  A short time at 250C will make for extra crispy cookies, but the dough will have to be thin or the outside will be charred black before the inside is cooked. It takes trial and error to find the right balance. :) A metric teaspoon is 5ml and a metric tablespoon is 15ml. They're perfectly acceptable units, not to mention convenient. Would you rather use 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda or measure 2.5 grams on a kitchen scale? I live in a fully metric country but whenever I need to use a recipe written in grams, I immediately convert them to ts/TS/cups and never look at the gram figure again.
  - em-bee 6y ago
    i prefer metric units always. i have spoons in all different sizes, and i can't always tell which measurements matter, and which don't. from metric units i can more easily figure out which spoon size i need.
    - kijin 6y ago
      Standard spoons for cooking are are much bigger than regular table spoons, and their volumes are clearly marked. There's no room for confusion. Besides, it's not easy to convert from grams to spoons on the fly because different ingredients have different densities, and the density of powdered material is different from that of a solid block. The same problem arises when converting spoons to grams. The worst is when you encounter a recipe that has been converted from spoons to grams (or vice versa) using the wrong densities. It's like encoding an image in JPEG. Every conversion reduces the precision of the numbers.
      - em-bee 6y ago
        Standard spoons for cooking are are much bigger than regular table spoons that's even worse. if i need specialized equipment to get the right measurements then where is the advantage? with metric units, a scale and a jar with markers for volume is all that i ever need to do all measurements in the kitchen. what's more, both the scale and the jar can handle imperial units as well. The worst is when you encounter a recipe that has been converted from spoons to grams (or vice versa) using the wrong densities if the measurement is done at a specific density, and i redo the same measurement at a different density then it's going to be wrong no matter what. but if that is a problem, then volume is the wrong measurement to begin with. this isn't even about metric vs imperial, because the same problem applies if the spoon is converted to imperial weight. spoons need to be converted to mililiters or fluid ounces to avoid that problem. this is not an argument to keep using spoons as units.
        kijin 6y ago
        There are lots of recipes out there that call for 1/4 teaspoon of some kind of spice. That's easy to measure if you have the typical 1/4tsp, 1/2tsp, 1tsp, and 1TBS set. Not so easy on a low-cost kitchen scale (that still costs more than the spoon set!) that can't measure 0.6 grams accurately. So you need to get specialized equipment anyway.
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