Fw: [Sca-cooks] dram?

[Carol Eskesen Smith]

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From: Carol Eskesen Smith
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:50 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] dram?

The way I learned it, in 1965, was that 1 dram = 1/8 oz.  Assuming an oz to be approximately 30 ml, that's about 3.75 ml, which is approximately 3/4 tsp.
Regards,
Brekke

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From: Isabella di Giovanni
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:00 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] dram?

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So it would be safe to say that for every dram it is 5 ml on a syringe? My son (a paramedic) gave me a HUGE one for in the kitchen and I measure lots of stuff with it.
Isabella
Randy Goldberg MD <goldbergr1 at cox.net> wrote:> Ok, I'm working with a recipe (1400s, English) for a medicament that calls
> for items in drams. Should I assume that this is a weight (1/8 oz), or
> that is it more? Liquid 'dram-cups' seem to be about the size of a
> shot-glass, definitely not 1/8 oz.

A dram is an apothecary measure of volume, equal to one sixth of a fluid
ounce, or one teaspoon.

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