[Sca-cooks] obscure measurements
karobert at unm.edu
karobert at unm.edu
Mon Dec 29 18:09:29 PST 2003
Quoting Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>:
> Cailte mentioned:
> > but i think that watered down wine and the cheese glass full of
> beer at
> > crabfeasts de-mystified drinking for us kids, which is a good
> thing.
> A "cheese glass"? LoL! I imagine what you are speaking of are the
> tiny,
> glass jars that pimento cheese and similar items came (come?) in.
exactly! a cheese glass, as opposed to a jelly glass, which was larger.
and totally unsuitable for a youngster to use for beer! 8)
many of my mom's hungarian recipes would call for shortening/fat "the
size of a walnut". now, i have seen all sizes of walnuts....
cailte
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