While most of the world uses the metric system, the United States is still using what is referred to as the 'U.S. Standard' system for measurement. This causes a lot of frustration when recipes are shared between people from different countries.

We understand the confusion our system can cause. Use this link www.stewmac.com/converter to our measurement conversions calculator. This online calculation tool can convert to and from the metric system. See similar questions...

Multiply total inches (one foot=12 inches) by 2.54 to convert to centimetres. Some useful conversions for our rental items are available by clicking here. See similar questions...

Beginning in version 9.0, Mastercam has the ability to convert from English to metric or vice versa when in the edit fields of most dialog boxes. By typing in "mm" or "in" after the number, the number will be converted to the "opposite" value. If you type a number followed by in, it will convert to millimeters. If you type in a number followed by mm, it will convert to inches. It does not matter which configuration file you are using, English or metric, it will perform the same. See similar questions...

For example, two metrics for baseball players are the batting average and RBI (runs batted in). A metric (albeit not very useful) for comparing computer programmers is the number of lines of code written each day. A metric for students is the grade or grade point average. Similarly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs a metric for comparing fuel efficiency of cars. See similar questions...

Sizing the rooms of a property or working out distances in France can be a made confusing with the metric system. Use our great metric converter designed for people used to the Imperial measurements and wish to convert to the metric system, or vice versa. See similar questions...

You are welcome to take advantage of our size chart. The chart reflects the average measurements and size conversions of most of the factories we work with. The chart is not exact and absolute for every item of clothing we sell, but it will give you a good approximation. See similar questions...

No. All other products that are issued by the NWS will continue to be in the units (including temperature in Fahrenheit) that everyone is used to. See similar questions...

Rejection is a harsh thing and we are kind. If your recipe is not quite in the proper form our editors will work with you to rewrite your recipe. Our mission is to post recipes and we post as many as we can. See similar questions...

We call more than one recipe for the same dish a collection and we mark them in a special way: It should be followed with the word Collection and the number of recipes. An example: We do this since many people do not want collections and kill them unread. If you object to collections, please do not read them. Some newsreaders have limitations on the size of a single post. See similar questions...

These are the "old" USDA recipes which were replaced by USDA in July 2006. There is likely another recipe with the same name, that has "USDA" next to it, and the recipe number starts with a "5". This is the new replacement recipe number. When you run the CD, if it finds an "old" recipe on one of your menus, it keeps it and also adds the new one. You can easily replace old ones with new ones by choosing "Search and Replace Menu Item" from the "Menus" tab. See similar questions...

first we suggest that you keep it simple. Just prepare separate protein, grain, vegetable, fruit, and/or dairy portions. While we are detoxing, it is best to stick with foods that are simple to prepare. Don't worry about recipes until you are well past detox. Again your sponsor will help with this. She/he will suggest different ways to prepare your food and different spices that you can use. See similar questions...

Just click Recipes in the top navigation area. The Recipes section contains our collection of healthy recipes. You can search the Recipes by ingredient, recipe name (view all), keyword, or just browse categories of recipes. See similar questions...

Experience is the best teacher. A good rule of thumb to follow is to decrease the length of cooking time for a conventional recipe by two thirds. The amount of liquid used may also have to be adjusted because there is very little evaporation from the pressure cooker. Generally, decrease the amount of liquid so there is only about 1/2 cup more than desired in the finished product. See similar questions...

Dry malt extract is 20% stronger per pound than syrup malt extract, so use 20% less by weight when using dry malt in a recipe originally calling for syrup malt extract. See similar questions...

Before SI, there were older forms of the metric system that used different base units. For example, the CGS system used the centimeter, gram, and second, and included now-obsolete units like the erg and dyne. So, strictly speaking, the term "metric system" is ambiguous, leading to the term "modern metric system" to refer specifically to SI. See similar questions...

You may, of course, say "two and a half meters" - 0.5 is often read aloud as "one half" - but you should always write it as a decimal fraction. See similar questions...

In metric units, this paper's grammage is 75 g/m2 (sometimes seen as "gsm"), meaning, of course, that a sheet 1 square meter in area weighs 75 grams. The non-metric equivalent, 20 lb, is its basis weight or substance, and means that 500 sheets cut to the basis size - for bond paper, 17 by 22 inches - weigh 20 pounds. See similar questions...

There's no official name for the non-metric U.S. system of weights and measures, but the most commonly used terms are: customary system" or "customary units" or "customary weights and measures" (Metric Act, 1866; Mendenhall Order, 1893; NIST SP 345, A Metric America: A Decision Whose Time Has Come, 1971) If it's not obvious from the context, it's wise to distinguish the U.S. system from others: "U.S. customary system. See similar questions...

Find a familiar object that is about the size of each metric unit you want to learn. Then practice until, each time a metric unit is mentioned, you get a mental image of the familiar object that is about the size of that metric unit. For example, the millimeter is a tiny unit that replaces fractions of inches. Its length is the size of the thickness of a dime. Each time you hear the word, millimeter, think: the thickness of a dime. See similar questions...