Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "janet" > wrote:
>
>> hello
>> Sorry to bother you .. Just a question which has nothing at all to do with
>> cooking...although i often look at your recipes...
>> I m english.. left to live in marseille france
>> 35 years ago when this sign didn t exist
>> #
>> What the "Dickens" does it mean and what is it's name???
>>
>> Thanks a million
>>
>> Bon week end à tous
>> janet
>
>
> It does have to do with cooking -- more than much posted here.
> Janet, on our telephones it is referred to as "the pound sign."

Its really the "octothorp"...

In
> recipes it indicates pounds (weight) as does lb. or lbs. So, 1 kilo of
> beef is equal to 2.2# of beef in the USA.
>
> It's also recognized as a sign to indicate a number follows. E.g., #1,
> #9, etc.
>
> HTH.