[Sca-cooks] Grains of Paradise

Adele de Maisieres ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Sat Dec 30 21:08:29 PST 2006


Suey wrote:
> No I think Howe was referring to a teaspoon or at most 200 milligrams of 
> unrefined or brown sugar was the measure for the intake of household 
> members, not servants in the 15th century on a monthly or whatever average.
>   

Um, a teaspoon of sugar is between 4 and 5 grams.

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Adele de Maisieres

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