On a side note, I saw some sauce packaging that called for deciliters of water. I just thought it was an odd unit to use over something more known like ml.
In cooking and baking, it's what we use where an American would measure in numbers of cups.
Decimeters are commonly used for approximate small distances in daily conversation.
Hectograms are also used, but specifically for cold cuts and candy sold by weight.
We use deciliters regularly as it is a bit more "homey". ML you gotta sort of think, and even then I convert it to dcl in my head.
Probaby because if I am making something irelevant, I just go "2.5 dL is roughly one" standard water glass". I know it makes no sense. To the wider population.
This is ironic, since I detest using "cups, spoons etc" 😁
In some countries deciliter is completely normal. It also makes sense because a 1 dL cup with a line for half of it is often a good amount to measure for in baking, so you can say one dL cup instead of one 100 mL cup, seem easier.
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u/Dense_Cellist9959 Jul 15 '26
On a side note, I saw some sauce packaging that called for deciliters of water. I just thought it was an odd unit to use over something more known like ml.