HERB - measurements

[Gaylin Walli]

I foolishly said:
>Also, I'm pretty sure it's feasible that when a medieval recipe
>called for 1 drachm the author sometimes meant the same *space*
>that the ancient coin took up. This was one theory proposed in
>the late period Spanish cooking class at War this year for another
>weight measure. I think for a drachm, then, the measurement would
>be roughly the space of 35mm (that was about the size of the drachm
>coin I saw recently).

Although the concept is sound in theory, I should learn to pay
more attention to other peoples' misspellings. Can you believe
I actually found an error in a dictionary? Drachm, a.k.a. dram,
according to many sources, also lists a definition for an ancient
coin. But ya know what? My dictionary at home says "drachmA" with
an A on the end.

Color me silly. *Sigh*

Jasmine

Jasmine de Cordoba, Midrealm (Metro-Detroit area of Michigan)
jasmine at infoengine.com or g.walli at infoengine.com

"Si enim alicui placet mea devotio, gaudebo; si autem
nulli placet, memet ipsam tamen juvat quod feci."
-- Hroswith of Gandersheim
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