SC - Spinach Tarte (NOT metric measurements)

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> At 8:09 PM +0930 9/19/98, David & Sue Carter wrote:
> >the Cheshire Cat asked for an interpretation of a mystery word:
> >
> >According to Hiett and Butler, in the glossary of Curye on Inglysch,
> >thriddendele means the third part,
> >so:
> >for every two parts of honey, add one part of pine nuts, and add powdered
> >ginger thereafter.
> 
> >>and do therto pynes the
> >>thriddendele & powdour gyngeuer,
> 
> I would interpret "the third part" as "a third as much," so it would be
> "for every three parts of honey, add one part of pine nuts."
> 
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
> 
> 
I see it as half as much. Becouse 2 parts and 1 part makes 3. 3 parts 
and 1 part would make 4 and the dish would have only 1/4 instead of 
1/3 of the part.

Badger
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