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Torrere writes every recipe in your units
Torrere has three unit settings: liquids in cups or millilitres, weights in ounces or grams, and temperature in °F or °C. Change one and every recipe you have changes at once, the step text included, and every recipe to come is written that way. Nothing stored changes underneath, so switching back shows the original numbers. Torrere never converts cups into grams, because that needs to know what's in the cup.
Torrere has three unit settings
The settings are under Units on Torrere's account screen:
| Setting | Choices |
|---|---|
| Liquids | Cups or Millilitres |
| Weights | Ounces or Grams |
| Temperature | °F or °C |
A new account starts on millilitres, grams and °C. A choice saves the moment you tap it, and every recipe is read again in the new units.
Torrere converts the steps as well as the list
Torrere picks the amounts and temperatures out of each step's wording and writes them in your units, so "pour in 250 mL of stock" reads in cups when you've chosen cups, and the step matches the ingredient list beside it. Oven temperatures snap to the marks on a dial, so 180°C becomes 350°F rather than 356°F. When a recipe gives both scales, like "180°C (350°F)", Torrere keeps yours and drops the other.
A temperature with no scale, like "bake at 400 degrees", is left as written, and so is a gas mark. Lines on change cards already in the conversation were written when they happened, so they keep the units they had.
Torrere writes US amounts as fractions
In cups, ounces and spoons, Torrere writes amounts the way a measuring cup is marked: 1½ cups, ¼ cup, ⅓ cup. An amount within 2% of a half, third, quarter or eighth is written as that fraction. An amount that isn't close to one is written as a decimal, so seven tablespoons in cups reads 0.44 cup. Torrere doesn't break an amount into cups and spoons you'd actually measure, like ¼ cup plus 3 tablespoons. Counts use fractions too, so half an egg is ½ egg.
Torrere writes metric in grams and millilitres
In metric, Torrere writes every amount in the ingredient list in grams or millilitres, never kilograms or litres, so a litre of stock reads 1000 mL. A metric figure written into a step's wording, like "1 litre", is left as written.
Torrere never converts between volume and weight
A cup of flour and a cup of sugar weigh different amounts, so Torrere never turns a cup into grams or grams into cups. An ingredient measured by volume stays a volume and one measured by weight stays a weight, each in your units. Torrere's conversions within volume or within weight are exact: 16 tablespoons is exactly 1 cup.