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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Jammin'
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:48:24 -0700 (PDT)


-- On Wed, 6/17/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> The only reason I can come up with as to why it would be in
> weight might
> be due to sugar shortages during the war/Depression. 
> I guess they set
> up weight ratios to make it easier..I don't know.  I
> don't know if that
> would be easier even.  There must be a reason though.

I don't remember the old timers weighing stuff that much, but weight is a
more accurate way to measure things that can be packed such as flour and
sugar, especially brown sugar. I guess that would include the berries.

Seems to me there is a trend to measuring by weight instead of volume in
recipes, especially in the metric world.

Van Dell





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