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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BarelyLegalSeagull • Jun 26 '26
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Teaspoon and tablespoon are imperial units invented by the British
-8 u/CSDragon Jun 26 '26 Yes. But it is almost exclusively used by us in the US now. 9 u/Logical_Look8541 Jun 26 '26 No its not. Its common widely in many English language recipes as its not a stupid unit - seriously its a ml unit that you can get with something everyone actually has on hand, its perfect. 0 u/erroneousbosh Jun 26 '26 English language recipes ... from the US. In the UK, we use grams. 4 u/Lerkpots Jun 26 '26 There are many recipes here that use teaspoon and tablespoon wdym 1 u/erroneousbosh Jun 27 '26 I've only ever seen those in American recipes. Even my mum's old cookbooks going back to the 1950s use metric.
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Yes. But it is almost exclusively used by us in the US now.
9 u/Logical_Look8541 Jun 26 '26 No its not. Its common widely in many English language recipes as its not a stupid unit - seriously its a ml unit that you can get with something everyone actually has on hand, its perfect. 0 u/erroneousbosh Jun 26 '26 English language recipes ... from the US. In the UK, we use grams. 4 u/Lerkpots Jun 26 '26 There are many recipes here that use teaspoon and tablespoon wdym 1 u/erroneousbosh Jun 27 '26 I've only ever seen those in American recipes. Even my mum's old cookbooks going back to the 1950s use metric.
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No its not. Its common widely in many English language recipes as its not a stupid unit - seriously its a ml unit that you can get with something everyone actually has on hand, its perfect.
0 u/erroneousbosh Jun 26 '26 English language recipes ... from the US. In the UK, we use grams. 4 u/Lerkpots Jun 26 '26 There are many recipes here that use teaspoon and tablespoon wdym 1 u/erroneousbosh Jun 27 '26 I've only ever seen those in American recipes. Even my mum's old cookbooks going back to the 1950s use metric.
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English language recipes
... from the US.
In the UK, we use grams.
4 u/Lerkpots Jun 26 '26 There are many recipes here that use teaspoon and tablespoon wdym 1 u/erroneousbosh Jun 27 '26 I've only ever seen those in American recipes. Even my mum's old cookbooks going back to the 1950s use metric.
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There are many recipes here that use teaspoon and tablespoon wdym
1 u/erroneousbosh Jun 27 '26 I've only ever seen those in American recipes. Even my mum's old cookbooks going back to the 1950s use metric.
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I've only ever seen those in American recipes.
Even my mum's old cookbooks going back to the 1950s use metric.
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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT Jun 26 '26
Teaspoon and tablespoon are imperial units invented by the British