I find this guide so confusing that I doublechecked if this was a shitposting community.
These amounts only hold for certain things, a palm sized slab of meat, a fist sized serving of casserole, a cupped hand of pudding. You know, normal, helpful ways of measuring.
If the entire guide was that right hand panel with the silhouttes and the actual information, it would at least be clear that they weren't saying you can fit more in a closed fist than an open palm, they're just encouraging you to eat pretzels out of your cupped hands like you're feeding yourself at a petting zoo.
21 Comments
radiantshackles@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 42 pts · 298d
Americans will use anything but metric
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 298d
We use mm more than any other country. Just ask our school kids.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 297d
I can't parse this. What do you mean?
Noved@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 297d
Mm as in millimeters as in guns.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
Ah. So, the joke only makes sense if you think about mm the way an American would. Understood. Kind of, but it doesn't matter
Noved@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 297d
Haha, yeah that I guess eh?
dmention7@midwest.social · 3 pts · 297d
The mano-digital system is clearly superior.
Does your metric system tell you how many fingernails are in a pint? Didn't think so!
Go eat some more cheese and ride a reasonably priced train, euro-snob.
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 193d
USians. The rest of America is happy with the metric system
Hegar@fedia.io · 19 pts · 298d
I find this guide so confusing that I doublechecked if this was a shitposting community.
These amounts only hold for certain things, a palm sized slab of meat, a fist sized serving of casserole, a cupped hand of pudding. You know, normal, helpful ways of measuring.
If the entire guide was that right hand panel with the silhouttes and the actual information, it would at least be clear that they weren't saying you can fit more in a closed fist than an open palm, they're just encouraging you to eat pretzels out of your cupped hands like you're feeding yourself at a petting zoo.
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 298d
But hands are all different sizes. Terrible guide.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 298d
So are guides. 🤷🏼♂️
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 13 pts · 298d
I prefer scales and measuring cups.
DearMoogle@piefed.social · 5 pts · 298d
I measure when home cooking too, but I find this is helpful for eyeballing amounts when eating out
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 297d
Why would you need to know that?
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 297d
In case you want to check if your flat roast beef slice in your palm is the same weight as your 3/4" steak, obviously
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 298d
This doesn't add up.
1 cupped hand = 1/2 a cup ...and, 2 cupped hands = 1 ounce?
Except, 1 cup = 8 ounces.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 298d
All hands are different sizes, but "it works on my machine"
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 297d
Hello. I put one cup in my partner, and now it's stuck. What do I do?
dumbass@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 298d
Just don't let Andre The Giant do the baking.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 298d
I see "helping hands," and the first thing I think of is the scene from Labyrinth.
Bonus@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 297d
2 hands = 1 ounce*, 1 hand = 3-4 ounces
*Ooh, you forgot to scrunch your hands for accuracy