Subj : Re: Metric
To : Jim Weller
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Jul 14 2022 05:47:06
-=> JIM WELLER wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-
SD> You think the Imperial system is bizarre?
JW> No, just awkward. In the metric all fractions and multiples are
JW> powers of 10. So 1 milliliter of water occupies 1 cubic centimeter
JW> of space, weighs 1 gram and requires 1 calorie to raise its
JW> temperature 1 celsius degree. Also 1 newton of force moves 1
JW> kiligram of mass 1 meter to perform 1 joule of work and 1 joule of
JW> work per second is 1 watt of power.
That's all very logical. Very fow people are logical or even use logic.
JW> Now try to figure out how many horsepower it takes to heat a cubic
JW> yard of water if a cubic foot of water contains 7.48052 gallons when
JW> 1 BTU raises 1 pound of water 1 F degree without a calculator. Hint:
JW> one horse power lifts 550 pounds 720 inches per minute and 1 gallon
JW> contains 128 fluid ounces.
You'd have to first calculate how many calories in a "horse power".
JW> It used to bug me that there were 2 gills to a cup, 2 cups to a
JW> pint, and 2 pints to a quart but no name for a 2 quart measure. We
JW> went straight to a 4 quart gallon. Well I learned tonight that a half
JW> gallon does have a name. It's a pottle.
Be very careful with that or someone will hand you a roll of "squeezably
soft" Charmin (tm). Bv)=
JW> British Measurements
JW> 1 1/2 lb Cooking apples; peeled,
JW> -cored and sliced
JW> 1 tb Rose-water
JW> Caster sugar to taste
JW> 3 Egg whites
JW> 3 oz Caster sugar
JW> 1/4 pt Whipping cream
JW> Fresh rosemary sprigs and
JW> Gold dragees for garnish
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Title: Parrot Pie
Categories: Game, Pies, Pork, Pastry, Beef
Yield: 12 Servings
12 Parakeets *
6 sl (thin) lean beef
4 sl Bacon; cut in thirds
3 lg Hard-boiled eggs
1/2 ts Fine chopped parsley
1/4 ts Dried parsley
Fine grated lemon peel
Salt & pepper
Puff pastry
Flour
* Parakeets are a small, long-tailed tropical parrot.
Also called a paraquet.
Method: Prepare the birds, and truss them like a quail
or any other small bird. Line a pie-dish with the
beef, over it place 6 of the paraquets, intersperse
slices of egg, parsley and lemon-rind, dredge lightly
with flour, and season with salt and pepper. Cover
with the bacon cut into strips, lay the rest of the
birds on the top, intersperse slices of egg, season
with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with parsley and
lemon-rind as before; three-quarter fill the dish with
cold water, cover with puff-paste, and bake in a quick
oven.
Time: About 2-1/2 hours.
SUFFICIENT for about 12 persons.
From Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery, Ward, Lock &
Co., Limited, date unknown.
From:
http://www.recipesource.com
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