As a scientist, I understand and enjoy Metric measurements. We were given an Australian recipe and a table with columns for US, Canadian and Australian for the purpose of conversion. Why on God's green earth is there a DIFFERENT conversion factor for Australian Metric?
Isn't Metric, by definition, consistent? I am so confused. And based on the table, it is non-linear, which makes no sense in the world. Please help explain!
I want to know WHY, don't just tell me it is, or question the authority of the cookbook please. Here is a web site, there are numerous other if you Google search. http://www.kitchenproject.com/equivalencies/metric.htm - this table is similar to the one in the cookbook. Note that it *seems* 1 aus-Kilo = 2 US/Uk/Imperial pounds, with major weirdness in rounding for fractions thereof. And why or how did this happen?
2007-11-27 02:40:31 · 1 answers · asked by PittCaleb 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
there seems to be no international bureau of standards
2007-11-27 03:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋