[Sca-cooks] Measurements in de Casteau
James Prescott
prescotj at telusplanet.net
Mon May 23 20:30:18 PDT 2011
Satin: One quarter of an ounce, in Liège 7.298
grams (0.2574 modern ounces) (Doursther).
Chopine: Half a pint, in Liège 0.3199 litres
(1.352 modern US cups) (Doursther). The Paris
chopine
was significantly larger, 0.4657 litres.
Voir: = "verre", a glass, no size known
Reumer: no simple answer: A large-bowled footed
drinking glass (Webster). A large
drinking glass without a defined volume (OED).
Rummers for sale on the web in 2003
had estimated capacities ranging from 0.2 to 0.25
litres (0.85 to 1.06 modern US
cups). On the other hand, compare the 1698
citation "a great Rummer of two Quarts"
(OED under umbilicated).
Thorvald
At 9:02 PM -0500 5/23/11, Terry Decker wrote:
>>>
>>> satin - a measurement of spices
>>> sopine - a measurement of liquid
>>> un voir - a measurement of liquid, e.g., "de malvoisie ou vin d'Espagne"
>>> un reumer - a measurement of liquid, e.g., "de vin d'Espagne"
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