"Pint" is a common measure for milk and cream and soft dairy products
such as ricotta cheese. A pint is 16 ounces (one pound). A quart is
two pints or 32 ounces. The pint used to be much more common
(especially for a glass of beer at a bar or restaurant) but in these
days of "supersizing" it's more likely to be 18 or 23 ounces with a
smaller 12 or 14 ounce size to convince you that you really should order
the larger one which is only 50 cents more. :-)
On the other hand, canned goods which used to come in 16 ounce sizes
have rather shrunk. The manufacturers would rather sell you 14 or 15
ounces rather then raise the price. It plays havoc with old recipes
that say "use one 16 oz. can of tomatoes" or even older recipes that
just say "one can of tomatoes" assuming that the 16 oz. can would be the
standard forever.
Chuck Norcutt
Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Q to those 'Murkin friends - do you use 'pint' or is it usually (fluid)
> ounces or quarts?
> Jez
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JOHN DUGGAN
> Sent: 14/11/2009 20:18:16
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?
>
> Brian,
> Was the reference to "pint" a Freudian slip ;-) (and is it Imperial or
> that Murcin imposter?)
> Regards
> John Duggan,
> Wales, UK
> ..........................................................................
> --- On Sat, 14/11/09, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Saturday, 14 November, 2009, 18:29
>> The convention in New Zealand is to
>> use "ton" for Imperial measure, and
>> "tonne" for metric. There is therefore no
>> misunderstanding here on this pint.
>
>
>
>
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