On 13 Feb 2005 23:34:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:


>> I've done the math;
>> 3000mg = 3 grams
>> 28 grams per oz....... ergo
>> 1/9th of a teaspoon
>>
>> And I still can't picture it.
>> ????
>> <rj>

>You need to re-think this. You cannot easily convert weight in grams into
>teaspoons, since different ingredients have different weight per volume.
>You can, however, rather easily convert volume measures into weight
>measures. One teaspoon of salt weights .2 ounce or 5.669905 grams. 1/9 of
>a teaspoon of salt weighs only 0.629989 of a gram. A half-teaspoon weights
>2.8349525 grams, so you would be allowed slightly more than 1/2 teaspoon of
>salt. Still, even 1/2 teaspoon is precious little salt. That's about as
>close as I can get.
>HTH
>Wayne


Thanks for the explanation.
Obviously, my math was based on a few bad assumptions.

( no wonder I'm having probs with Cold Fusion ) ;o)


<rj>