Canadians..when you cook/bake...do you use cups, pints,?

Question

pound of butter.....ounces...etc? Or what do you use?

Answer 1

I'm very flexible because my Mum taught me how to bake using the English measurements in the early 70's using weight LBs and ounces for dry & pints (Imperial) for liquid.
When I took Cooking class in highschool we used cups for liquids & dry ingredients. Never used weight. None of my canadian born & raised friends weigh ingredients.
Pints & quarts were rarely used because if we go with Imperial pints it's different than an American pints Would be too confusing
Imperial Pint 20 fluid oz
American Pint 16 fluid oz.
I collect cookbooks so all the recipes that use Pints quarts or fluid oz tend to be prior to 1970.
We went metric in 1970 but my generation uses cups.
Most modern recipes give metric & imperial but you either use one system or the other Don't switch. Temperatures always seem to be Fahrenheit although out weather is always in Celcius :P
Typical recipe: (BTW this is my fave source for recipes)

Ingredients
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6 cups (1.5 L) sliced peeled apples

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1 pkg (300 g) frozen blueberries

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1/4 cup (50 mL) granulated sugar

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2 tbsp (25 mL) all-purpose flour

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1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice

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1/4 tsp (1 mL) cinnamon

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Topping:

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1/2 cup (125 mL) packed brown sugar

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1/2 cup (125 mL) all-purpose flour

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1/2 cup (125 mL) rolled oats

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1/2 tsp (2 mL) cinnamon

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1/3 cup (75 mL) maple syrup

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2 tbsp (25 mL) butter, melted




Preparation


In large, bowl, toss together apples, blueberries, granulated sugar, flour, lemon juice and cinmamon; spread in 8-inch (2 L) square baking dish.

Topping: In bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, rolled oats and cinnamon. Pour in maple syrup and butter; toss until moistened. Sprinkle over fruit. Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven for 1 hour or until golden and fruit is fork-tender. Let cool on rack for 15 minutes.
Source © CanadianLiving.com
http://canadianliving.com/CanadianLiving/client/en/Food/ListRecipe.asp?IdSM=379
Here's a few of my favourite Canadian cooking sites to give an example of what a typical Canaian recipe looks like.
http://www.homebasics.ca/recipes.asp
http://www.dairygoodness.ca/en/Consumers/Food/Recipes/OurFavorites.htm
http://www.fiveroses.com/
http://www.beefinfo.org/RECIPE.CFM

Answer 2

I think most people in Canada use the metric system millilitres, grams and some people including myself still use the old imperial way as well cups tsp, tblsp etc. pints, ounces thats all the yanks that use that

Answer 3

I don't know about all Canadians, but as for my family...

Cups are used when measuring ingredients during baking.
Pints are used when we drink beer.
Butter is usually measured in cups as well.

Teaspoons, tablespoons for smaller amounts, cups for larger.

Ounces occasionally comes up when reading American recipes, and that's when the old conversion chart comes out.

Answer 4

What's an ounce..?

I use milliliters and grams. I ask for a pint in the bar only because it's what they understand.

Answer 5

they sell the same measuring cups here in wal-mart. I use those cups for baking for sure. The cookbooks seem to follow the same measuring cups, teaspoon and table spoon too.

Answer 6

They use the metric system in Canda.

Answer 7

Why do you care, what possible difference could this make in your life?