Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?

  • SchmidtGenetics
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    A pint of water is not one pound, its 1.04318, which is a significant difference.

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      In what widely-used context is a .04318 difference significant?

      Not soup. Not bread.

      I don’t think even concrete would suffer noticeably from that difference.

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        Well that’s a 4.3% difference. I’d consider 4.3% significant