Heh, I've received a Christmas card from a prof I've never met or talked to, who's the supervisor of a student I met at a conference.
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After NASA had received criticism over the nudity on the Pioneer plaque (line drawings of a naked man and woman), the agency chose not to allow Sagan and his colleagues to include a photograph of a nude man and woman on the record. Instead, only a silhouette of the couple was included.
I find this exceptionally silly. I can't even begin to describe how silly I find this.
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We have metric but the only metric thing used in recipes is deciliter. The rest of the measurements are always in tea-, tablespoon and such. Pretty retarded.
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Cups are the worst invention of volume. They always show up in recipes from the internet too.
I always just grab any cup that's handy. Not a measuring cup, mind. Just whatever drinking cup is nearby.
It usually works fine.
The actual unit is around half an "average" cup in my experience. One of my previous housemates actually had cups on a measuring jug, it was quite enlightening how divorced from an actual cup it was.
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I really need to memorize basic kitchen volume conversions.
you should use metric
I wish I could. Unfortunately, every container, measuring apparatus, and recipe is in American.
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oh my god
this is so dumb
I know. So I sit in the grocery store, "Well I need 2.5 quarts but this is in ounces so FUCK THIS SHIT."
As a USian I have the opposite problem when I try to copy recipes from Nigella Lawson. Although actually it's not hard to find measuring cups here with metric on one side.
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you should use metric
I find this exceptionally silly. I can't even begin to describe how silly I find this.
I wish I could. Unfortunately, every container, measuring apparatus, and recipe is in American.
that sucks
ohhhh
3 teaspoons to a tablespoon.
4 tablespoons to a 1/4 cup (easy to remember because 4 -> 1/4)
Obviously 4 of those to a cup (so 16 tablespoons to a cup)
Then it's two 2s.
2 cups -> 1 pint
2 pints -> 1 quart
4 quarts to a gallon (easy to remember because 4 -> quart-er)
The only one I still have trouble with is ounces, because there are volume ounces and weight ounces. 8 ounces to a cup, 16 ounces to a pound.
So I guess 1 ounce is half a tablespoon.
Something I just noticed:
Whenever I read 'hilariously inappropriate', I almost always substitute in 'hideously'. It's like a reflex
o.O
oh my god
this is so dumb
I always just grab any cup that's handy. Not a measuring cup, mind. Just whatever drinking cup is nearby.
It usually works fine.
I know. So I sit in the grocery store, "Well I need 2.5 quarts but this is in ounces so FUCK THIS SHIT."
how much is this? this is that many liters
OKAY THEN, AWESOME
The actual unit is around half an "average" cup in my experience. One of my previous housemates actually had cups on a measuring jug, it was quite enlightening how divorced from an actual cup it was.
As a USian I have the opposite problem when I try to copy recipes from Nigella Lawson. Although actually it's not hard to find measuring cups here with metric on one side.
In amurrica we are obligated to use the worst system for everything
that's like 175-200 American funbucks. Are you insane?
you are a good watch
Me? I'm not doing any thesis...