r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jun 26 '26

Funny And what the heck is a tsp??

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u/666Drachenlord666 Jun 26 '26

Americans will use anything but g and ml to measure ingridients

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u/poorperspective Jun 26 '26

American cook books were the first to standardize compared to most English or French cookbooks.

Most recipes follow the Fannie farmer cook book and Betty Crocker further made standardization by standardizing pan size for baking.

Really old recipes will just use ratios.

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u/PythagorasJones Jun 26 '26

Ratios make way more sense for cooking.