Why do Americans measure everything in cups? - eviltoast

Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?

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    9 months ago

    In what widely-used context is a .04318 difference significant?

    Not soup. Not bread.

    I don’t think even concrete would suffer noticeably from that difference.