-- 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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