• gordon
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    101 year ago

    Ah yes, I’ll have 0.8 metric eggs please.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      131 year ago

      Say you have a recipe that takes three eggs but you only have two. Do you wanna do the math on what 2/3 of one cup is actually?

      • gordon
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        91 year ago

        Ummm… It’s 2/3 cup, and that is a standard measurement. But maybe that wasn’t the best example. Let’s say 2/3 of 1/4 cup. Well that’s 2/12 or 1/6 cup which is far from common. However a cup is 48 tsp, so 1/6 cup is 8 tsp.

        I mean it’s dumb as hell but it does work.

        The Metric system is easier though.

        • @[email protected]
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          41 year ago

          It’s like when the crazy guy says it’s easy and then pulls out a pinboard with pictures and string connecting them and proceeds to explain how it makes sense in his head and you have to admit that you sort of follow but also can’t believe what you’re hearing is reality.

          • gordon
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            41 year ago

            The thing that drives me bonkers is that ounces is both a volume and mass measurement, and they aren’t the same for water.

        • @Selmafudd
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          61 year ago

          Interestingly chicken size is based on their weight… So a size 18 chicken is a 1.8kg chook

            • @Viking_Hippie
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              31 year ago

              Reminds me of the good old days when my dad raised free range fowl: the chickens were the size of turkeys and the turkeys were too big to even fit in the oven 😂

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      Sometimes I buy liquid eggs in a carton if I need a lot of eggs for one recipe and don’t feel like cracking a dozen eggs. One large egg is about 50g, so 0.8 metric eggs is about 40g.

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      31 year ago

      A metric egg is a little over 50 grams. You typically get a bit over 30 grams of white, 20 grams of yolk and 5-ish grams of shell.