On Sun 03 Apr 2005 03:42:15p, ellen wickberg wrote in rec.food.preserving:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 03 Apr 2005 07:06:19a, ellen wickberg wrote in
>> rec.food.preserving:
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>>>maureeng7eh wrote:
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>>>>yummm......recipe looks delicious......I don't own any scales so would
>>>>someone please tell me ...how many cups is 1 1/2 lb. sugar......
>>>>
>>>>Thanks ........
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>>>There are 2 cups of sugar to the pound.
>>>Ellen
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>> From what I've read on several websites, including C&H Sugar, there are
>> 2 cups of *superfine* sugar to a pound and 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 cups of
>> "granulated* sugar to the pound.
>>
>> This recipe calls for *granulated* sugar and I've made it many times
>> using a scant 3-1/2 cups of sugar when a scale wasn't available.
>>
> Thanks for the info, I use cookbook, not usually websites, for
> traditional information, so hadn't seen this.
> Ellen

Ellen, that's what led me to the web. I found what I thought was
conflicting information in several of my cookbooks, so went off
investigating. It made me realize that cookbooks are not necessarily
"standardized".

Cheers!

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Wayne Boatwright
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