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It's like translating grandma's units of measurements from her old recipes.
"A smidge of this, three sprinkles of that, and a can full of something that does not come in a can" (The can was her 'measuring can' that was some kind of weird size that doesn't exist anymore)
Edit: After she passed, we threw the can away because we didn't realize it was the can and load-bearing to most of her recipes. After some best guesses + trial and error, we concluded the can was approximately 7 ounces / just under a cup.
Same!
Turns out they use to send an "envelope" of yeast.
Ours would deliberately omit things. Family had to watch her and then take independent notes/ write in the margins what she was really doing
RIP you bitter but loving gal
I'm assuming an envelope of yeast is in no way close to a packet of yeast? lol because that would be too easy.
Ours would deliberately omit things.
The old secret ingredient. I don't think we had to contend with that, thankfully.
Grandma was a constant ball buster and, as my aunts and uncles weighed her prep carefully, said "why? You're still gonna mess up the cooking. Stick to baking."
Better write that down in a useful metric.
That cup isn't going to exist in 50 years and someone will encounter the same problem.
And don't use those German 90's hardcore nightclub noises neither.
Just in case...
When they said "7 ounces / just under a cup." that's not a particular physical cup. A "cup" is an exact measure in the US, it's 8 fluid ounces, which is 236.5882365 milliliters precisely.
Even if the US does go metric, it will take a lot longer than 50 years for people to not know how big a cup is, all measuring tools in every kitchen are marked for them and the other common units like tablespoons and teaspoons*, and virtually every recipe uses them.
*I wish I was joking.