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by Mikeb85 1684 days ago
And now you can buy a digital scale for like $20. It's the 21st century, weight measurements are way more accurate, easier too for small quantities.
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It's almost as if legacy recipes don't exist, nor are very important to people, nor have working knowledge built around these units.
And? Legacy units can be converted.

I've got cookbooks that date back to the 17th century. Lots of recipes from the 19th century. And old family recipes too. Doesn't mean I won't use metric and weights when I create new recipes, write recipes down, etc... And all my professional cookbooks are metric and by weight.

While this is true and adds effort, it is relatively easy to convert them too.