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Well, I suggested 3 level tablespoons of butter, which is 3 x 15 = 45 ml/cc, which divided by your 9 teaspoons does indeed work out at 5 ml/cc or (to one significant figure) 4.93 ml/cc, so we in fact agree despite your nerdiness and strange American system of measures.

How can anyone cook using cups, tbsps, and tsps, especially when no one knows how much they are and they differ across the quaint old English-speaking world?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 04:09:00 PM EST
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... or (to one significant figure) 4.93 ml/cc, ...

One sig. fig. in 4.93 ???  Don't let In Wales catch you posting that; you're looking for a spanking!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 04:13:23 PM EST
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The 5 is the one significant figure. 4.93 -> 5.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 04:15:28 PM EST
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How can anyone cook using cups, tbsps, and tsps, especially when no one knows how much they are and they differ across the quaint old English-speaking world?

Because we have brains the size of planets.

AND we know our 64 times tables.

:-þ

Actually, it really doesn't matter.  The original ingredient list is only approximate.  Depending on the ambient air temperature, humidity, real eggs versus battery raised eggs, Holstein milk versus Jersey milk, etc., etc. the actual As-Made list will be different for each iteration.  As long as the first set is more or less correct in ratio ... it'll work out.

by ATinNM on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 07:02:13 PM EST
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Intuition and experience, that's how.  Fiddle with any set of measurments long enough, and KNOW what you're trying to make on a deep level, and these things just become sort of obvious.
by Zwackus on Mon Dec 28th, 2009 at 07:37:58 PM EST
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