[pct-l] Public Notice

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

The metric system is great for most things..but it sucks in cooking...take a 
cake recipe for example:

      1  cup pecans, chopped
      2 1/4  cups all-purpose flour or unbleached flour, Pillsbury in their 
honor
      1 1/2  cups sugar
      4  teaspoons baking powder
      1/2  teaspoon salt
      2/3  cup shortening
      1 1/4  cups milk
      1  teaspoon vanilla
      4  large egg whites
      2  ounces semisweet chocolate, grated

      here it is in metric..:

            236.59  ml pecans, chopped
            532.33  ml all-purpose flour or unbleached flour, Pillsbury in 
their honor
            354.89  ml sugar
            19.72  ml baking powder
            2.46  ml salt
            157.81  ml shortening
            295.74  ml milk
            4.93  ml vanilla
            4.00  large egg whites
            56.70  g semisweet chocolate, grated


----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Public Notice


> I'm proud to be an American too but our system of measurement is 
> antiquated.
> The metric system is so simple it's a no brainer.  Perhaps, it's easier 
> for
> us Americans if just thought of counting money.
>
> Sly
>
>
> In a message dated 10/21/2005 9:16:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> singewald@earthlink.net writes:
>
>> I'm damn proud to be an American and that's just what I will be!  So what
>> if
>> the rest of the world is on the darn metric system.  When they want money
>> from America, we don't give them rubles, pounds or yen.  We give the good
>> old American DOLLAR.  When we send food we send pounds or tons of food, 
>> we
>> don't agree to send Kilos of food.  So, screw the metric system.  Long 
>> live
>> the mile, the ounce, and the lb.!
>
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