SC - Fractions in recipes
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 21 09:01:56 PST 2001
As often happens, i find myself reading a recipe sent to the list in
which, instead of fractions, i'm seeing odd characters, such as
omegas, infinity signs, as in an omega cup of chopped parsley.
I realize that some people have character sets that include
fractions. Heck, so do i. But if other folks are reading mail with a
different character set they get to see things like omegas and
infinity signs instead of fractions.
Folks, please use three key strokes instead of one and type fractions
all the way out, such as 1/2 instead of a single key stroke that i'm
seeing as an omega or an infinity sign or some other
non-alpha-numeric character.
It's hard to tell from the odd characters whether a recipe calls for
1/8 or 3/4 of a unit of some ingredient and that can sure make a big
difference in a recipe.
Anahita
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