New here :-)

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Mar 5 18:45:57 2001

On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > > 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons
> > Except that, traditionally, there are two teaspoons in a dessertspoon and
> > two dessertspoons in a tablespoon. It doesn't add up :-)
>
> Would that have anything to do with the British culinary reputation?
>
> > And those are U.S. measures, I think. A cup is half a pint; an imperial
> > pint is 20 fluid ounces, not 16. An imperial quart = 2 imperial pints =
> > 1.136523 litres (1136 ml); 4 U.S. cups = 946 ml.
>
> Where does "A pint is a pound the world around" apply and/or originate?
 
Doubtless in a pub in Britain! Though, I fear the financial
relationship need a bit of updating :(

                                                 - don
 
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