On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:00:06 -0800, Frank J Warner >
wrote:

>In article >, smithfarms
>pure kona > wrote:
>
>I have a Mac-based, text-only news reader. Fractions in your recipes
>show up as the mathematical symbols for pi, less-than-or-equal-to, etc,
>instead of fractions. The example below may or may not illustrate what
>I mean. In any event, they're not fractions in my news reader.
>
>I'm not about to ask anyone to change their posting habits to
>accommodate this problem but perhaps you can post a conversion chart or
>recommend a Macintosh font that has the appropriate fraction symbols.
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>
>-Frank
>
>snip
>
>> 6 apples
>> ½ cup sugar (1/2)
>> ¼ cup white wine (1/4)
>> 1 lb. almonds- blanched and grated
>> 1 lb. powdered sugar
>> ¾ lb. butter (3/4)
>> 2 eggs
>> 4 egg yolks
>> 2 tbs. Flour

Hope that helps!
Carol
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'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
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