[Sca-cooks] Measurement query for European members

[ruadh]

I have a small measure cup the has ml and dl and pint and cup all printed
about the sides. its from Oven Basics, the volume is 1/4 L or 1 cup. it
tells me that 10 dl  is closer to one third that one half but when I don't
have my glasses on it still looks like half way btw 1/2 & 1/3.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Eisenstein" <Alban at socket.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Measurement query for European members


> >> That's deciliters (1 dl = 100 ml). I'm currently trying to forcibly
remove
> >> them from Icelandic recipe writing, having limited success.
> >
> >So, what would you use instead? I think "cups" has a certain ring and
> >familiarity to it. :-)
>
> Lessee. . . <sounds of fingers being counted on> . . .
> One liter is a hair larger than one quart; 1 dl is a tenth of a liter, and
therefore
> a hair more than one-tenth of a quart. There are, ummmm, what is it, 2
pints
> per quart and 2 cups per pint, so 4 cups per quart, so 1 dL should be
slightly
> less than a half-cup, right?
>
> (I _always_ hated cups and pints and gallons and quarts; I can never keep
> how many there are, even though I use them daily. that's one advantage the
> metric system has, I guess.)
>
> Alban