Units (was: SC - Recipe books)

[Par Leijonhufvud]

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Ian van Tets wrote:

> with recipe books:  quantities.  For instance, a stick of butter in 

> which, but none of this 'package' business.

Amen. Think; how much is a package of yeast (a 50 g cake over here).[1]

OTOH one could see it as part of the medieval recreation: how much
was a pound during the MA?  

And 

/UlfR

[1] I once read one of the least usefull units in a app. turn of the
century cookbook; "take 3 cents worth of cake yeast" (paraphrased).

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