[Sca-cooks] obscure measurements

[karobert at unm.edu]

Quoting Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>:

 how long a particular prayer was, which was 
> used for timing in a medieval recipe.

when i was young, and that ain't quite medieval... it was three hail
mary-s for a firm soft boiled egg.  said devoutly, of course... never
waste a prayer. 8)

cailte
who uses different measures now... but still hates egg timers