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kultivisto (User's profile) September 19, 2013, 4:16:55 PM
Olsho (User's profile) September 19, 2013, 4:56:42 PM
kultivisto:From an esperanto cook book. Are these equivalent to teaspoon tablespoon and cup that we use for cooking in the united states? For some reason I expected everything to be in metric system(especially in esperanto).Hi kultivisto - for me, they surely are.
Do you happen to know how old this cook book is? Even in German ones you use these expressions in recipes, at least in the old ones from Granny and Mum.
No idea, how the new ones look like.
Cheers,
michaleo (User's profile) September 19, 2013, 5:14:58 PM
kultivisto:From an esperanto cook book. Are these equivalent to teaspoon tablespoon and cup that we use for cooking in the united states? For some reason I expected everything to be in metric system(especially in esperanto).Yes, these words are equivalents. The metric sytem is used almost universally all over the world so in Esperanto this system is also dominant. But teaspons, tablespoons and cups are used to express quantities of different substances in cookery. Of course, quantity could be expressed in cubic metres but I'm not certain if it would be more convenient.
kultivisto (User's profile) September 19, 2013, 5:55:18 PM
It seems in most places a teaspoon is defined as 15 ml( however in Australia it is 20 ml).
I would prefer the measurements to be in liters for sure. Even better would be weight measurements where applicable. I wish more cookbooks in the US used the metric system.
mjdh1957 (User's profile) September 20, 2013, 9:02:37 AM
I can understand metric but still think better with pounds and ounces, miles and pints. Modern cookbooks here are dropping the Imperial measures - what I find most awkward is that there are no easy units - I refuse to ask for 100 grams of anything and still request a quarter pound. Luckily market stall-holders still understand old measures.
sudanglo (User's profile) September 20, 2013, 10:08:53 AM
Common teaspoons are not designed to contain a standard volume. In practice, they may hold anything between 2.5 mL and 6 mL of liquid, so such spoons are not suitable for precise measurements, in particular for medicine.