Krudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square279fedilinkarrow-up1860arrow-down1123file-text
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minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-29 months agoA cup is 32 teaspoons, 3 teaspoons per tablespoon, ergo 1 cup is 16 tablespoons. I know this offhand because: I cook I can count It’s a base 2 measurement system for the most part. Also highly inefficient and imperfect, but so is metric for cooking.
minus-squarePohl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWell… a tablespoon is 3 teaspoons and a cup is 48 teaspoons. You did get the 16Tbsp per cup right though. This was a good try!
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months ago🤔 Huh. I didn’t believe you until I measured it out on my own measuring spoons. You’re right. My bad fam
A cup is 32 teaspoons, 3 teaspoons per tablespoon, ergo 1 cup is 16 tablespoons. I know this offhand because:
It’s a base 2 measurement system for the most part. Also highly inefficient and imperfect, but so is metric for cooking.
Well… a tablespoon is 3 teaspoons and a cup is 48 teaspoons. You did get the 16Tbsp per cup right though.
This was a good try!
🤔 Huh. I didn’t believe you until I measured it out on my own measuring spoons. You’re right. My bad fam