[Sca-cooks] obscure measurements

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> I vaguely remember cheese glasses (although what actually came in
> them, I don't know, because we didn't eat a lot of spreadable cheeses
> except for cream cheese). I seem to recall their resembling a 4-ounce
> juice glass. It seems to me that everyday, not-very-fancy glassware
> sets, once upon a time, and perhaps even now, had a miniature tumbler
> for juice, which held four ounces, which was sized and shaped in
> proportion to the larger water tumbler, which held 8 or maybe as much
> as ten ounces.
>
> This is in addition to the typical lowball cocktail glass...
>
> Adamantius

I think what we're referring to here, was that when some of us were kids,
several different food manufacturers used the fact that their
jelly/cheese/whatever containers were reusable as a selling point for the
contents. For whatever reason, people started using very small glasses for
juices about that time- I missed most of that because we didn't use them,
and, in fact, at the boarding school I was at at that time, our plates and
cups were all hand made pottery- in fact, every kid was required to make a
bowl, a plate, and a cup during their stay there. Only limitations were
size, so as you can imagine, we ate off an interesting "set" of dishes. The
serving pieces were handmade, too, but the teachers made them, at need. They
tended to be a bit more consistant ;-)

But, I do remember seeing ads on TV about the pieces, and using them at
various friends' homes when invited for a meal.

Saint Phlip,
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