Thanks to everyone who replied.....i be thinking its time to buy me some
scales, eh.....lol.............

Thanks again





"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> 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:
> >>
> >>
> >>>maureeng7eh wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>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 ........
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>There are 2 cups of sugar to the pound.
> >>>Ellen
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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!
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
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