A disastrous mixing of units!!

I once tried a cake recipe from a British cookery-book. All the measurements were in weight (grams). I diligently converted them to tsp, tbsp, cups &c (using the most reliable conversion source).

The result was not pretty (nor tasty).

“Bake in a preheated oven 200°C for 20-30 minutes until crisp and golden.”

Thank goodness we all agree on hours, minutes, seconds.

200°C … off I go … OK, that’s really 473 kelvin. Should be on everybody’s stove.

In this last instruction, which clause is to override: time or “crisp & golden”?

(Not wishing to be indelicate, I really think the recipe title should be “Lamb Pastries.)

The object lesson here is that any recipe from England is suspect. If you want real cooking, start with France. Julia Child has some really good books on the subject.