On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:06:06 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Dan Abel wrote:
>
>> In the US? We have a cookbook, presumably for the US, with weights for
>> the recipes. It was the darndest thing. For a stew, it was like 1
>> pound, 2 ounces of potatoes, 9 ounces of carrots, etc. For a stew?
>> What weird measures. After a little thought, I realized that somebody
>> must have just converted metric recipes straight across, as that's 500g
>> and 250g.

What is the name of that cookbook... I seriously doubt it is much of a
cookbook, probably not even a real book, probably has no ISBN number.

>I have more than 20 cookbooks. Only one of them indicates weights.

I don't believe that, every cookbook ever printed indicates some
ingredients by weight.

I have way more than 20 cookbooks, most indicate a mix of weights
(pounds/ounces), and volumes (ounces/cups), and count... most
stew/soup recipes indicate veggies by count and size, ie. 4 medium
potatoes.... most cookbooks indicate poultry by type, ie. 1
fryer/roaster chicken, not by weight at all.

Most NON US cookbooks indicate metric; weights/volumes, in
grams/kilos, liters.

Many of my newer cookbooks indicate both English and Metric
measurements. And most all newer cookbooks include a conversion
table.