Google Converts Recipe Measurements

On 25 Nov 2005 03:38:03 -0800, "Leila" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I learned this from Cooking for Engineers - somebody commented.

Say you are trying to convert cups to teaspoons - just go to Google and
type in your problem:

1/8 cup to teaspoons

hit enter. It will tell you. (http://www.google.com in case you're
utterly clueless)

Or say you are in the USA and using a terrific recipe posted by one of
our European posters.

400 grams to ounces

(14.1095848 ounces)

G'wan, try it!

For me it doesn't work, I wonder why ? I get the usual search

Quoted message said:

It will also convert between miles and kilometers, inches and meters,
etc.

It also converts currency, and you can just do basic calculations in it
like a calculator (i.e. 5*37, hit enter)

Yup, currency converter and calculator works. Good to know, thanks!

Nathalie in Switzerland

Have you tried it with imperial measures?

On 25 Nov 2005 03:38:03 -0800, "Leila" <[email hidden]>
connected the dots and wrote:

~I learned this from Cooking for Engineers - somebody commented.
~
~Say you are trying to convert cups to teaspoons - just go to Google
and
~type in your problem:
~
~1/8 cup to teaspoons
~
~hit enter. It will tell you. (http://www.google.com in case you're
~utterly clueless)
~
~Or say you are in the USA and using a terrific recipe posted by one
of
~our European posters.
~
~400 grams to ounces
~
~(14.1095848 ounces)
~
~G'wan, try it!
~
~It will also convert between miles and kilometers, inches and meters,
~etc.
~
~It also converts currency, and you can just do basic calculations in
it
~like a calculator (i.e. 5*37, hit enter)
~
~Kewl, huh? Now if it will only convert pan sizes for those of us
trying
~to bake 1.5 recipes of brownies. Or convert a cheesecake recipe from
a
~10" pan to a 9" pan. Maybe if we were good at geometry we could plug
in
~the numbers. I'll work on it. Meanwhile I have a crib sheet printed
~from an old post that gives me the answers.
~
~Leila

Nathalie Chiva said:

For me it doesn't work, I wonder why ? I get the usual search

I don't know why. Which google do you use? I tried a couple of other
google sites... like google.com.uk and it just fine.
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