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Originally Posted by 5thWiggle
Being from Canada, I've long since learned to be schizophrenic when comes to measuments. I just convert on the fly if necessary.* Also, I'm one of those annoying cooks who hardy ever measure and just use a recipe as a framework. My wife hates trying to make one of my "recipes". 
*the only conversion I find really irritating is from "gas mark X" to Celsius or Fahrenheit. What kind of temperature is Gas Mark???? |
I do use grams a lot, especially since I make lotion and soap. Grams gives me more room for slop than ounces and my kitchen scale isn't all that precise. I do use a jeweler's scale for the very small preservative measurements for the lotion.
As for my cooking and measuring, this post pretty much sums it up:
(There is an affiliate link to a book in this post because it is where I got the recipe, so if that offends, you won't want to read the post.)
http://www.bearmountainbooks.com/hob...n-improvision/