Subj : measurements
To   : JIM WELLER
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 13:59:22

Hi Jim,

-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller <=-

 DS> One of my pet peeves when I was actively collecting recipes was
 DS> recipes that simply said "1 can xxxx" without saying what size can.

 JW> Yeah, I have a handwritten recipe from a friend of my Mom's for a
 JW> sour cream coffee cake that calls for a 25 cent carton of sour
 JW> cream. It's from 1962 or maybe '63. So was that a 1 or 2 cup carton
 JW> then, 250 ml or 500 ml today?

One recipe my mom got from her to be MIL (passed away before my folks
got married) called for 5 cents worth of hartshorn. Mom never made the
recipe as she had no idea of what hartshorn is (was?) and how it
translated into 1950's and '60's prices.


 JW> Another really old Cornish recipe Mom got from an elderly relative in
 JW> 1938 calls for a ha'pence of "mixed spice, the pork kind not the
 JW> sweet". Now did it cost half an English penny or was it the amount a
 JW> small coin could hold if for some reason you had money but no
 JW> measuring spoons? And what was in it?

It was probably the savory spices like sage, maybe a bit of pepper,
thyme and probably a ha'penny was the cost. Probably something like a 2
finger or 3 finger pinch, depending on the size of your fingers.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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