SC - Event Announcement - A Concoction of Cooks....
Becki Tants
rt46 at cornell.edu
Thu Jan 4 05:13:22 PST 2001
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> SPOON AND CUP MEASURES
> IMPERIAL----METRIC----AMERICAN
> 1 tablespoonful--18 ml--1 tablespoon
> 2 tablespoonfuls--35 ml--3 tablespoons
> 4 tablespoonfuls--70 ml--6 tablespoons or 1/3 cup
Uhh? I think you or the Mrs B. editor just proved that 4=6. Or is the
conversion IMPERIAL <-> AMERICAN only approximate?
> 1 teaspoonful--6 ml--1 teaspoon
I.e. one third tablespoonful.
> 1 teacupful (appr.1/4 pint)--150 ml--2/3 cup or 1/3 pint
Interesting. Some older -- early last century -- swedish recipies refer
to cups that are 150 ml.
/UlfR
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Par Leijonhufvud parlei at algonet.se
2 is not equal to 3 -- not even for large values of 2.
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