Just put 1/3 football fields of flour and 1/12 Empire State Buildings of salt and exactly 2 1/4 tsp of yeast (no more, no less)
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Don't forget the 1/137th of a blue whale of water.
Wait till you learn that pre metric Canadian measurements use the same terms but are different.
What do you guys call bell peppers?
Paprikas
Peppers.
Ooh interesting, how do you call those:
Also pepper. Usually, if referring to a "bell pepper" they would call it by its colour, so a red pepper or orange pepper. Pepper the seasoning may be black pepper (thats the most common).
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Peppercorns, but when ground up it becomes pepper.
Capsicums
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The only thing measured in grams in the US is cannabis.
And bullets are measured in millimeters
It depends. Ones designed in other countries, yes. But if the bullet was designed in the USA, it is measured in inches like .45 ACP or .223 Remington
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I think most medicines are measured in grams over there too (500mg for acetaminophen / paracetamol). And Cocaine.
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Oh my god another country calls things different words! How outrageous of them!
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Cilantro is mui fomoso.🎺🪇🎶
What is a cup? What is a cup for liquid? What is a cup for flour?
Ffs.
Cups are ~235ml regardless of wet or dry. They are one of the sane-er measurements
You may be confusing your frustration with the ounce, which may refer to:
- avoirdupois ounce, used for mass in most cases
- Troy ounce, used for mass when referring to precious metals
- the imperial fluid ounce, used for volume sometimes
- the us customary fluid ounce, used for volume sometimes
- the us food labelling ounce, used for volume like the customary fluid ounce, but rounded to a nice number of milliliters
In metric, dry ingredients are measured by weight, so how much a cup is changes for each ingredient.
Dry ingredients by weight isn't a metric exclusive thing, it's an "accurate recipe" thing. Plenty of American recipes call for ounces and pounds. Cups are also a unit of volume, so 1c of milk occupies the same volume as 1c of water even though their masses are different (at a given temperature; which is why it's better to use weight for liquid ingredients as well)
The confusion is when you have no idea whether they are calling for 28.4ml, 29.5ml or 28.3g when they say "ounce"
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I get the rocket and coriander ones, also the units of measurement but what do you call a bell pepper? (Also how do you differentiate dried cilantro seed powder from the fresh herb? I like to know if I should be using a spice or the fresh plant)
what do you call a bell pepper
Paprika.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper#Nomenclature
It's very well documented.
In the uk we call a bell pepper a pepper. Red/green/orange/yellow prefixed as required.
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