Why do Americans measure everything in cups?
Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What's the reason for measuring everything by volume?
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But what I’m saying is I’m plenty accurate enough with cups… there would be no appreciable difference for my box of brownies.
You're maybe plenty accurate for the brownies of your preference, but probably not for professional cooking or other activities that require accuracy.
The vast majority of the planet are not professional cooks.
Not the point.
Absolutely the point. Precision is not needed in the vast majority of cooking. It's a pointless, time-consuming step.
Volumetric measurement is superior. Yes, I'd rather it be liters instead of cups, but cups is better than grams.
I'm not just talking about home cooking. It's just one thing. I'm talking about life in general. We Americans have a tendency to do these weird things based purely on tradition when there are more precise and logical solutions available. But no, no: "We're unique and exceptional. We do it the American way." Ridiculous.
Well, I'm specifically talking about measurements in home cooking. But you have fun with that.
Like I said, it goes for home cooking as well.