Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoWhy do cooks and chefs cook in base 5 increments? For example setting the oven at 350 , 375, 450 and so on. Is there a reason for this or is this how it always has been done?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down16
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhy do cooks and chefs cook in base 5 increments? For example setting the oven at 350 , 375, 450 and so on. Is there a reason for this or is this how it always has been done?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareSailorFuzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·23 hours agothat’s not base 5. That’s just increments of 5… in base 10. base 5 would be: 2400, 3000, 3300
that’s not base 5. That’s just increments of 5… in base 10.
base 5 would be: 2400, 3000, 3300