"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> "Dee.Dee" > wrote in
> :
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>> I always thought that a packet is 2-1/4 teaspoons. So, in each recipe
>> all of them should use 5-1/2 teaspoons?
>>
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> 1 tablespoon (in the USA) is 3 tsp. Therefore 1/2 tbsp is 1 1/2 tsp.
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> Hence 1 1/2 tbsp is 4 1/2 tsp not the 5 1/2 so you figured.
>


Yes, I corrected myself immediately. typo.

Still, that was not my point -- 4-1/2 tsp, depending on amount of flour is
probably too much for me or anyone else unless they like the totally yeasty
taste -- and the fact that ALL receipes use the same amount -- really, now!
Dee Dee