[Sca-cooks] Help! 1 oz. powder = ? tsp.

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Mar 4, 2006, at 3:03 PM, lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> OK, i am desperate. I have to have this pot of chicken cooked SOON.
>
> The recipe calls for 1 oz. powdered cinnamon and 1 oz. powdered  
> ginger. But i don't have a kitchen scale and need to approximate  
> the number of teaspoons that might be.
>
> I was going to buy 1 oz. of each, then realized i had large  
> quantities in my kitchen, but i didn't do a conversion :-(
>
> I get this list as a digest and i need to know SOON. So, if you  
> have any idea, PLEASE WRITE TO ME DIRECTLY.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Overwhelmed in Oakland
> aka
> -- 
> Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
> the persona formerly known as Anahita

Roughly 4 Tbs of each. I had thought this to be the case, then  
checked it against the tables of weights and measures in "Food for 50".

Adamantius




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