Pounds to kilograms, ounces to grams
What do people do when they find a recipe from an american website and see all the measurements in imperial? Do you convert it or do you leave it as is?
Not really a problem if you have the ingredients but when you need to order half pound (227gms) of this and a pound (454gms) of something else you find you need to round to the nearest 50gms for the order.
I'm just curious to hear what others do; convert, leave as is or fuck it, I don't have that problem cause I design my own recipes
Cheers
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Permalink Reply by jt on
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Just buy the whole kilo and use the rest later, build up a stock of different malts and have a play
cheers, jt
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Permalink Reply by MrC on
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I always convert recipes to metric and round to sensible amounts. Having said that, I virtually never use recipes as they are, I always adjust them to my liking and what I know about ingredients, substitutions, etc.
As jt says, I buy specialty grain by the kilo (or 2) and always have a stock various malts on hand.
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Or just use the percentage of the recipe and round to the nearest denominator on your scales ... I round to the nearest 5gm
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Permalink Reply by Michael on
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I would use the Imperial measurements, as they are clearly superior. ;)
In all seriousness, I convert back and forth all of the time. I would always end up ordering more than I need, then measure it myself to the correct amount. Afterwards, I would use the remaining ingredients in subsequent recipes.
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