[Sca-cooks] How Much Is A Pottle?

[Decker, Terry D.]

A pottle is an Elizabethan measure equivalent to 2 quarts or 64 fluid ounces
(the current US measures were the standards in Elizabeth's day).  The recipe
is calling for a two quart container of mushrooms.

Bear

> Here is the list of ingredients called for in a recipe for Pickled
> Champignons from Sir Kenelme Digbie's The Closet Opened
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> A Pottle of Button Mushrooms, halved or quartered
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> How much is a pottle? Some other Elizabethan and Jacobean recipes
> call some sort of pot or pan a pottle...
>
> Anahita