-- 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.