If I wanted to generalize based on first impressions, I'd say that the English like to have things in order. Everything, down to the thickness of one's duvet, is measured. Which is a very good thing indeed. And when it comes to cooking, the measurements in my cookbooks from home are not, errh, measuring up here. As I work with both (using a conversion table), I realize that the US system of measurements seems to have come out of the Middle Ages. Teaspoons and tablespoons; pints and gallons?? Have we not moved into more exacting technologies since the days of lords and serfs? My suggestion to US college students who want to be global leaders one day: learn the metric system!!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Measuring Up
If I wanted to generalize based on first impressions, I'd say that the English like to have things in order. Everything, down to the thickness of one's duvet, is measured. Which is a very good thing indeed. And when it comes to cooking, the measurements in my cookbooks from home are not, errh, measuring up here. As I work with both (using a conversion table), I realize that the US system of measurements seems to have come out of the Middle Ages. Teaspoons and tablespoons; pints and gallons?? Have we not moved into more exacting technologies since the days of lords and serfs? My suggestion to US college students who want to be global leaders one day: learn the metric system!!
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