I used to not care about the metric vs imperial nonsense until I got into preparing my own food and making meals because I wanted to get real precise on my calories and macros. Some recipe calls for a "cup" of strawberry. How much actually IS that? If you use big ass strawberries you're actually using less than if put pureed strawberries in there. Or an "ounce" of something by volume can be way different from an "ounce" by weight. It's impossible to use imperial and know actual how much of something to use if you want to be precise.
Get an empty measuring cup. Get another container with an opening with a smaller circumference, fill it completely with water and hold it above the cup. Place a strawberry inside the container - the water that empties into the cup will be equal to its volume. Set that strawberry aside - it has been measured. Refill the container. Dunk the second strawberry, etc. Repeat until the cup is full of water. You will have measured out an exact cup of strawberries (i.e. 238 mL).
I used to not care about the metric vs imperial nonsense until I got into preparing my own food and making meals because I wanted to get real precise on my calories and macros. Some recipe calls for a "cup" of strawberry. How much actually IS that? If you use big ass strawberries you're actually using less than if put pureed strawberries in there. Or an "ounce" of something by volume can be way different from an "ounce" by weight. It's impossible to use imperial and know actual how much of something to use if you want to be precise.
Your problem with measuring the volume of strawberries is not because of imperial units.
Get an empty measuring cup. Get another container with an opening with a smaller circumference, fill it completely with water and hold it above the cup. Place a strawberry inside the container - the water that empties into the cup will be equal to its volume. Set that strawberry aside - it has been measured. Refill the container. Dunk the second strawberry, etc. Repeat until the cup is full of water. You will have measured out an exact cup of strawberries (i.e. 238 mL).