British ingredients 2

1 servings

Quantity Ingredient
-SHDH61A BILL KENT

ingredients:

bangers = sausages

mash = mashed potatoes

kippers = smoked herring

chips = French fries

crisps = potato chips

tomato sauce = ketchup

measurements:

1 bag = 24 gallons

1 bucket = 4 gallons

1 butt = 126 gallons

1 coomb = 32 gallons

1 firkin = 9 gallons

1 gill = 1 noggin

1 hogshead = 63 gallons

1 kilderkin = 18 gallons

1 last = 640 gallons

1 minim = 0.000104 pints

1 noggin = 5 fluid ounces

1 peek = 0.0625 coombs

1 quartern = ½ gallons

1 sack = 24 gallons = 1 bag

1 scruple = 0.002857 pounds

1 seam = 8 bushels

1 stone = 224 ounces

1 strike = 2 bushels

Ain't the English system grand? And there are those who want us to go Metric. <bg>.

Bill Kent, 0926 Hrs PDT

~- [ Submitted By ELAINE RADIS * EMC.VER #2.10P ] -- On 10-08-95

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