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but how often does knowing how to convert water weight to volume come up? Same with the energy to heat water.
The water/weight comes up all the time. Filling a 10L bucket, I know that is going to weigh 10kg. I know I can lift it and my kid can't.
The energy one, I'm not even sure is right. We don't use calories, we use kilojoules. A joule is used to lift 1kg 1m. It's not something I ever use. I use kilojoules for tracking food I ate today, that's about it.
Lifting 1 kg by 1 m would take 9.8 joules.
Yeah i dont really use energy unless i want explain kwh to gallons of gasoline.
But fir water buckets i just see the bycket and have enough experience to know if i can
Weight to volume is extremely common when I cook, because often things are measured in volume, but I prefer to use the weight.
½ a liter water or milk or almost any fluid without extra dish-washing? Easy you just put it on the weight, select tara, and pour 500 grams. Voila you just saved both kitchen space and extra work. because 1g = 1ml with water and most fluids.
It's equally easy if the number given isn't in liter, ml or milliliter of course converts directly to grams, and dl or deciliter = 100 g. 1 liter of course being 1000 ml and in water 1000 g or 1 kg. It's consistent all the way through.
I guess if you are used to Freedom units, this may sound like science fiction, but this has been reality in many countries for a long time already.
One pint of water or milk without extra dish-washing? Easy you just put it on the scale and pour one pound.
OK Imperial is not something I'm used to use, but according to Wikipedia, a pint is 569.6 ml and a pound is 0.4535 kg.
So you'd be off by 116,1 g or a whopping 25%!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units
That would ruin many great recipes.
The American pint is 473 mL.
The Imperial pint used to be that much too, hence the old saying "A pint is a pound the world around". Then the Imperial pint was increased by 25%, but Americans kept the old amount.
How should I know which you use, AFAIK freedom units are American.
You don't need to know anything about American units. But rest assured that those who do use them still haven't found a good reason to switch to French units.
That would make more dishes. If i need flour water and milk i just use the same cup. And i have scale to wash off.
Their phrasing isn't perfect, but I believe they're saying,
No measuring cups needed at all.
ok that makes a little more sense. It still laves them with a scale to clean cup for me to clean.