[Sca-cooks] RE: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #3387 - 14 msgs

[Decker, Terry D.]

Sorry, the drachma is not "one hundredth of an ounce," as the article
states.  The measure is based on the Greek drachma coin.  A drachma was
slightly more than one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois (.113 oz. or 3.2
grams).

Bear

> According to the document, written in the fourth century AD,
> the ingredients
> needed for the perfect smile are one drachma of rock salt - a
> measure equal
> to one hundredth of an ounce - two drachmas of mint, one
> drachma of dried
> iris flower and 20 grains of pepper, all of them crushed and
> mixed together.
>
> Sharon
> gordonse at one.net
>