SC - Spinach Tarte

[Marilyn Traber]

how about this, dry ounces are figured in avoirdupois which has units of pounds
and ounces, and liquid in ounces. The words ounce and inch come from the latin
word unciae, which was 12th of a pes or foot. The roman contribution[other than
the names of divisions] was in dividing things into 12ths. [don't ask me why
they were into a dodecimal system for this and nothing else...]
all i know is that 1 pint of water = 1 lb in non imperial or american non metric
measurements. in dry ounces, the avoirdupois weight of rice is 7 oz per cup, all
purpose wheat flour sifted weighs 4 oz per 1 cup measurement, sifted cake flour
is 3.5, oatmeal is 3 and water is 8.33.

if you don't like the weights per dry oz, argue with Shawn Seide at the US Dept
of Commerce, Technology administration. National Institute of Standards and
Technology.

margali
[yep, i believe in letting my tax dollars work for me by using the governmental
depaartments for their intended purposes.]

Karen Evans wrote:

> >>>>>>>>
> I was not confused about volume oz. vs. weight oz. when I was growing
> up until
> someone tried to convince me that "a pint's a pound the world around."
>
> Mordonna
> <<<<<<<<
>
> But, my lady, it is a truism, only if you are dealing with water.  The
> specific gravity of water is equal to 1 pint at 1 pound.  This is not
> true of anything else as specifically.  But if you want to know how
> heavy your filled water jug is going to be to lug back to camp from
> the water spigot, remember, a pint is a pound, 8 pints in a gallon, 8
> pounds to the gallon.  Those 5 gallon jugs can really add up.
>
> But as to measuring anything else, volume oz and weight oz do not
> correspond.
>
> Tyrca



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