On Mar 1, 12:42�pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > Sort of. An e-mail from Del Monte says:
>
> > "A number 2 can is 20 ounces or 2 1/2 cups. *We don't have
> > information on a number 4 can."
>
> > Translation: There's nobody left in their office old enough to know
> > what a #4 can is.
>
> LOL! *That's probably true. *They're all retired or dead by now. *Don't know
> anyone who writes recipes with those specifications these days. *My
> grandparents used to.
>
> Jill
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Can Sizes
8 ounces 8 ounces 1 cup
Picnic 10-1/2 to 12 ounces 1-1/4 cups
12 ounces vacuum 12 ounces 1-1/2 cups
#1 11 ounces 1-1/3 cup
#1 tall 16 ounces 2 cups
#1 square 16 ounces 2 cups
#2 1 pound 4 ounces or
1 pint 2 fluid ounces 2-1/2 cups
#2-1/2 1 pound 13 ounces 3-1/2 cups
#2-1/2 square 31 ounces scant 4 cups
#3 4 cups
#3 squat 2-3/4 cups
#5 7-1/3 cups
#10 12 cups
#300 14 to 16 ounces 1-3/4 cups
#303 16 to 17 ounces 2 cups
Baby food jar 3-1/2 to 8 ounces depends on size
Condensed milk 15 ounces 1-1/3 cups
Evaporated milk 6 ounces 2/3 cup
Evaporated milk 14-1/2 ounces 1-2/3 cups
Frozen juice concentrate 6 ounces 3/4 cup

Here's some more information, just to confuse everybody .
I can't imagine they expect us to remember all this while we're
strolling down the aisle in the supermarket. I just use the "by guess
and by golly" method. Works for me.
Cheers, Nancree