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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (8 children)

To be fair even in europe we use cups and spoons while cooking, tho they are standardized to millilitres. Its mainly because when measuring from 1-10ml it would be really hard to give weight.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    As a European, I rarely see "cups" or other imperial measurement except in recipes that were originally from the UK or the US. Spoons are common, yes, especially for the small volumes you refer to. But the overwhelming majority of measurements are a mix of 1) metric, 2) spoons, and 3) absolute quantities like "zest of 1 lemon" and don't include any imperial measurements.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    In ukraine, cups and spoons are not standartized. I have like 10 sets of small and medium spoons, and each has different volume. But at least i have a measurement cups and spoons specifically for cooking.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    To be fair even in europe we use cups and spoons while cooking

    You find those in grandma's recipes. They aren't actually used by anyone cooking seriously.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    What exactly do you mean by "seriously"? For me it is easy to remember how many spoons or cups i need to cook something, if the recipe does not require specific or precise amount of ingridients.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Okay but i dont think people cooking seriously use it in the us or canada either. Also depends on what serious is. I think this mainly refers to people cooking just in general and in that case many recipies are gonna contain cups and spoons. Especially here in sweden for example.

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