[Sca-cooks] OOP - curries

[Terry Decker]

It comes from the fact that the tola is the weight of the silver rupee and
that the ten tola bar is the standard for an individual transporting gold,
points I commented on in an earlier message.  I originally learned about
tolas as part of a misspent youth.

BTW, one tola bars are sold in the US as gold jewelry, so a jeweler's supply
might have a weight equivalent if any of us want to try weighing spices on a
balance.

Bear


>And this tells us about tolas how? Or am I being dense?
>
>Anne
>
>Terry Decker wrote:
>> As for knowing about tolas, that
>> comes from an interest in black market currency operations I had in my
>> youth.
>>
>> In that long ago, an American dollar was officially 11 French francs, but
>> you could get 22 on the street in Paris.  Depending on the exchange rate
>> between the Swiss franc and the German mark, you could convert the French
>> francs to either of the currencies in Switzerland then convert that back
>> into US dollars at the American Express office on the base in Germany.
>> Double to triple your money for a triangle trade weekend.
>>
>> Bear