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[Kuildeous]

I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time...

I guess it may be funny, but I couldn't get past the female characters. I guess this is normal on that show?

[Seprix]

I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time...

I guess it may be funny, but I couldn't get past the female characters. I guess this is normal on that show?

Yeah, pretty much. They're kind of stupid. You haven't seen Cake Boss, you wouldn't get why the entire video was funny.

[ashersky]

Cooking measurements are the worst.  When you have a recipe in a country using the metric system, how to you measure everything?  We have things like teaspoons, tablespoons (why?  For the love of god, WHY???), cups, ounces (what is this?!?!?  I don't even know what fundamental property I'm measuring), and other things.

Oh, and naturally, things are denominated in fractions, generally based on powers of 2.  So you'd have, like, 1/2 tsp, 1/4 tsp, 1/8 tsp, etc.  "tsp" means "teaspoon", which means something but who knows what.  "tbsp" means "tablespoon" which means something bigger.  Like a bigger spoon.  I mean, you have spoons, too, but these are not standardized, because anyone can make a spoon.  But some spoons are special spoons, and some of them you use to drink tea, and the others you use to drink tables.  Okay it's probably bigger because it goes on the table to use for other things (e.g., soup, cereal).  I guess it's okay to use the same sized spoon for soup or cereal, but god forbid it goes near your teacup. 

We also have the cup.  Cups are also things that can contain liquid, but don't confuse cups with cups or you may end up with too much stuff. 

I honestly don't know how cooks don't go insane.

You know they sell things that measure these exact things, right?  And they even look like spoons.

http://www.amazon.com/b?node=289788

[ashersky]

Cooking measurements are the worst.  When you have a recipe in a country using the metric system, how to you measure everything?  We have things like teaspoons, tablespoons (why?  For the love of god, WHY???), cups, ounces (what is this?!?!?  I don't even know what fundamental property I'm measuring), and other things.

Oh, and naturally, things are denominated in fractions, generally based on powers of 2.  So you'd have, like, 1/2 tsp, 1/4 tsp, 1/8 tsp, etc.  "tsp" means "teaspoon", which means something but who knows what.  "tbsp" means "tablespoon" which means something bigger.  Like a bigger spoon.  I mean, you have spoons, too, but these are not standardized, because anyone can make a spoon.  But some spoons are special spoons, and some of them you use to drink tea, and the others you use to drink tables.  Okay it's probably bigger because it goes on the table to use for other things (e.g., soup, cereal).  I guess it's okay to use the same sized spoon for soup or cereal, but god forbid it goes near your teacup. 

We also have the cup.  Cups are also things that can contain liquid, but don't confuse cups with cups or you may end up with too much stuff. 

I honestly don't know how cooks don't go insane.

You know they sell things that measure these exact things, right?  And they even look like spoons.

http://www.amazon.com/b?node=289788

Hilariously, this one also lists the metric equivalents on the spoons themselves:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-Stainless-Steel-Measuring-Spoon/dp/B00004SU1I/ref=lp_289788_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1434079426&sr=1-2

1 tsp = 5 ml
1 tbsp = 15 ml

[Seprix]

I haven't played Pokemon Online in ages.

[Asper]

I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time...

I guess it may be funny, but I couldn't get past the female characters. I guess this is normal on that show?

Yeah, pretty much. They're kind of stupid. You haven't seen Cake Boss, you wouldn't get why the entire video was funny.

The only thing i thought was funny was how he makes his cakes of everything but cake. It's pretty much what he actually does. The rest was typical internet "parody" humor, which becomes all too predictable after a while.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

We also have teaspoons and tablespoons. A teaspoon is 5 ml, a tablespoon is 1 cl.

The former is a bit imprecise, the latter is outright wrong, given that there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.

1 teaspoon = 0.492892159 centiliters
1 tablespoon = 1.478 cL

And for those inclined to argue about the placement of punctuation inside or outside the quotation marks, the abbreviation for liters is "L", not "l".

[Awaclus]

We also have teaspoons and tablespoons. A teaspoon is 5 ml, a tablespoon is 1 cl.

The former is a bit imprecise, the latter is outright wrong, given that there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.

1 teaspoon = 0.492892159 centiliters
1 tablespoon = 1.478 cL

And for those inclined to argue about the placement of punctuation inside or outside the quotation marks, the abbreviation for liters is "L", not "l".

Well, they aren't really teaspoon and tablespoon, they are teelusikka and ruokalusikka (which are the Finnish words for those items, respectively). A teelusikka is exactly 5ml and a ruokalusikka is exactly 1cl.

[Witherweaver]

We also have teaspoons and tablespoons. A teaspoon is 5 ml, a tablespoon is 1 cl.

The former is a bit imprecise, the latter is outright wrong, given that there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.

1 teaspoon = 0.492892159 centiliters
1 tablespoon = 1.478 cL

And for those inclined to argue about the placement of punctuation inside or outside the quotation marks, the abbreviation for liters is "L", not "l".

"teaspoon" and "tablespoon"  have different meanings depending on where you are.  American ones are different than other ones; in some places they're defined as an integer number of ml (as in Awaclus') case.

[Witherweaver]

See "cooking measures" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units.

[Witherweaver]

Cooking measurements are the worst.  When you have a recipe in a country using the metric system, how to you measure everything?  We have things like teaspoons, tablespoons (why?  For the love of god, WHY???), cups, ounces (what is this?!?!?  I don't even know what fundamental property I'm measuring), and other things.

Oh, and naturally, things are denominated in fractions, generally based on powers of 2.  So you'd have, like, 1/2 tsp, 1/4 tsp, 1/8 tsp, etc.  "tsp" means "teaspoon", which means something but who knows what.  "tbsp" means "tablespoon" which means something bigger.  Like a bigger spoon.  I mean, you have spoons, too, but these are not standardized, because anyone can make a spoon.  But some spoons are special spoons, and some of them you use to drink tea, and the others you use to drink tables.  Okay it's probably bigger because it goes on the table to use for other things (e.g., soup, cereal).  I guess it's okay to use the same sized spoon for soup or cereal, but god forbid it goes near your teacup. 

We also have the cup.  Cups are also things that can contain liquid, but don't confuse cups with cups or you may end up with too much stuff. 

I honestly don't know how cooks don't go insane.

You know they sell things that measure these exact things, right?  And they even look like spoons.

http://www.amazon.com/b?node=289788

Hilariously, this one also lists the metric equivalents on the spoons themselves:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-Stainless-Steel-Measuring-Spoon/dp/B00004SU1I/ref=lp_289788_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1434079426&sr=1-2

1 tsp = 5 ml
1 tbsp = 15 ml

That's not true, though.   Not for US tsp and tbsp.  Well I guess you can say it's rounded.. the more precise measures are what SfS said.

[Witherweaver]

So on that measuring spoon that says "1 Tbsp" and "15 mL", I don't know which one of those labels is true.

[Kirian]

So on that measuring spoon that says "1 Tbsp" and "15 mL", I don't know which one of those labels is true.

In the US, both are correct to two significant digits.

[Witherweaver]

But it's misleading, because "1 Tbsp" is exact.

[pacovf]

If you are cooking something that requires more than two significant digits of precision... I want in.

My favourite cooking measure is the "while".

"Let it stew for a while before adding the carrots..."

Does someone really get paid for writing that!?

[Cuzz]

If you are cooking something that requires more than two significant digits of precision... I want in.

My favourite cooking measure is the "while".

"Let it stew for a while before adding the carrots..."

Does someone really get paid for writing that!?

Just think of all the recipes that all somehow call for an integer number of "eggs."

[Kirian]

If you are cooking something that requires more than two significant digits of precision... I want in.

My wife bakes bread as a hobby.  Many of her recipes do require two places of precision.

[pacovf]

If you are cooking something that requires more than two significant digits of precision... I want in.

My wife bakes bread as a hobby.  Many of her recipes do require two places of precision.

Two or three? I don't think I've ever seen something go more precise than two digits (something like 175g doesn't count: the intended precision is really 25g, not 5g).

[Kirian]

If you are cooking something that requires more than two significant digits of precision... I want in.

My wife bakes bread as a hobby.  Many of her recipes do require two places of precision.

Two or three? I don't think I've ever seen something go more precise than two digits (something like 175g doesn't count: the intended precision is really 25g, not 5g).

Bread that calls for 250 g of X will be noticeably wrong with 240 or 260 g.  So, definitely not three digits of precision; a 1 g difference wouldn't change much.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

We also have teaspoons and tablespoons. A teaspoon is 5 ml, a tablespoon is 1 cl.

The former is a bit imprecise, the latter is outright wrong, given that there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.

1 teaspoon = 0.492892159 centiliters
1 tablespoon = 1.478 cL

And for those inclined to argue about the placement of punctuation inside or outside the quotation marks, the abbreviation for liters is "L", not "l".

Well, they aren't really teaspoon and tablespoon, they are teelusikka and ruokalusikka (which are the Finnish words for those items, respectively). A teelusikka is exactly 5ml and a ruokalusikka is exactly 1cl.

That's very interesting.  So the latter is exactly two of the former, as contrasted with a multiplier of 3 for the american (approximate) analogs.  Do I get extra respect for the alliteration?

As an aside: the past several pages of discussion has got me thinking, and I realized that after 35+ years in laboratories, identifying the less frequently encountered term between the pair {decimeter, centiliter} is frighteningly easy.  Though both are not encountered routinely, I have spoken or written "decimeter" probably two or three times a year.  I cannot think of a single time where I have read or used "centiliter" in a professional setting. 

I would have thought is would have been the reverse, as volumes are much more important in applied chemistry settings than lengths.  On the other hand, most of my use of "decimeter" has been to remind fresh graduates what a liter "looks like" in an easily visualized regular vessel.

[Seprix]

Well, we have pointless measurements. Now all we need are pointless stories and we'll be a fully functioning Austere Academy.

[pacovf]

I just discovered this list and I am doing my best to forget it exists, or else I know I won't get any work done for the rest of today.

[Cuzz]

I'm at exactly 1 respect per post. Please kindly do not ruin it by +1-ing this.

[2.71828.....]

I'm at exactly 1 respect per post. Please kindly do not ruin it by +1-ing this.

you just need to post more now I guess.

[Witherweaver]

I'm at exactly 1 respect per post. Please kindly do not ruin it by +1-ing this.

you just need to post more now I guess.

Perhaps in Forum Games.. have you checked them out?