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During the previous round of shirkflation I warned people about knowing what year a recipe was from because "a can" means something different in 2004 than in 2010. And now it means something different again in 2025.

Now boxes are getting the shrink treatment too.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/618032

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My favourite is "one cup of spinach".

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago

If you cook a cup of spinach you gonna be left a single spinach leaf when it’s done lol. Spinach follows no rules.

[–] Kurroth@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Is a cup not equivalent to 250ml?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

depending on the cup but still, is the spinach pressed or loose? measured before or after chopping?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

It's the absurdity of specifying a volume for a leaf. A few leaves of spinach can fill a cup or a kilo of leaves can fill 250ml if shredded.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yes, but fresh spinach? Cooked & frozen spinach? Apart from that is a volumetric the altogether wrong choice.

It's close, it's like 236.6mL. A cup is 1/4 of a quart, a quart is a smidge less than a liter. If you're converting to metric, 1 tsp comes out to ~5mL, 1 Tbsp is ~15mL, 1 fl. oz. is ~30mL, and 1 cup is ~250mL. The proportions will come out about right, you'll just bake a little bit more.