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minus-squareheh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoMy favourite part of the metric system is that with it’s water weight being 1-1 with volume; measuring liquids is super easy with a scale.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoLiquids as in water specifically and not other liquids.
minus-squareheh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoNah, it’s still good for others if you know the relative density. Vodka for example, at roughly 0.9x works. Most other liquids are somewhere just above 1 so it is still pretty accurate.
minus-squareredballooon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIt still works fine for most liquids used for cooking and baking.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIf 20 % error is okay, sure. And yes, with cooking it does not really matter. But simply using mass instead of volume fixes this anyway and is more convenient.
minus-squareWraithGear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agocooking is an art. but baking is a science, 20% off is FAR too off point
My favourite part of the metric system is that with it’s water weight being 1-1 with volume; measuring liquids is super easy with a scale.
Liquids as in water specifically and not other liquids.
Nah, it’s still good for others if you know the relative density.
Vodka for example, at roughly 0.9x works. Most other liquids are somewhere just above 1 so it is still pretty accurate.
It still works fine for most liquids used for cooking and baking.
If 20 % error is okay, sure. And yes, with cooking it does not really matter. But simply using mass instead of volume fixes this anyway and is more convenient.
cooking is an art. but baking is a science, 20% off is FAR too off point