Wade Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 When trying that American recipe for the first time, if it contains any ingredients that are measured in pints or quarts then beware. Although most of the US and UK measures are the same (or as similar as to make no difference) the pint is a very different matter. The UK "Pint" consists of 20 fluid ounces whereas the USA "Pint" only contains 16 fluid ounces. This means that the UK pint is actually 25% bigger than the pint in the USA. This has several implications... When making a marinade, brine, jambalaya etc. your recipe will be more dilute than the recipe intends When following a recipe mixing a curing brine for immersion brining your resulting cure will be 25% weaker than it needs to be - which could be dangerous. Yes the Americans can generally drink more "pints" of beer than us because they are getting short measures Their cars always seem to less MPG than ours. OK on this one they probably actually do ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genevieve Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Fair point! That's why I like to use total ounces when writing recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 I notice that it is becoming increasingly common for US recipes to also use grams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genevieve Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Yes, and they're changing over to doing a lot of measurements by weight now as well. (At least in the books I'm buying.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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