We Went to the Moon on Feet and Inches

We have an Indian Cookbook that was insufficiently peer-reviewed. One of its
quirks is that the writer converted from metric to English measurement and
then found the closest English measure. It's full of amounts like 7/8 of a
teaspoon, or 1/4 tablespoon.

"Ami Silberman" wrote in message
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We have an Indian Cookbook that was insufficiently peer-reviewed. One of
its
quirks is that the writer converted from metric to English measurement and
then found the closest English measure. It's full of amounts like 7/8 of a
teaspoon, or 1/4 tablespoon.

Cute.

Of course my friend has recipes from her grandmother. One measurement was,
"1/4 of a 25 cent cake of yeast"

Loved that.

On 2004-10-08, Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

Of course my friend has recipes from her grandmother. One measurement was,
"1/4 of a 25 cent cake of yeast"

Loved that.

I think my favourite was "Put in some butter... about the size of a pack
of twenty..."

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-Andrew Gray