Hi, In reviewing some notes I have in a file I find that 3.5 to 4 cups of confectioners sugar is equal to 1 pound.
Hope this helps, Sherri On 1/12/13, Linda Ratzlaff <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning to all > I have a question about powdered sugar. In the receipe: Buttermilk Banana > > Bars, it calls for cream cheese frosting. In that receipe it says to use a > > pound package of powdered sugar. This is great but I have a bag that is > bigger than 1 pound. Does anyone know approximately how many cups there is > > in a pound? Or I was wondering if I would have to use a pound? > Thanks for any help I can get in this matter. Smile > Linda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeri Milton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:49 AM > Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Frustrations > > >> Or how about the butter dish? I can't tell you how many times my finger >> has >> gone directly into the soft butter on the counter or table. I have three >> kids here and there's always a cup or bowl of something in an odd place. >> We >> try to teach them to clean up after themselves, but hey they're little so >> sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. Smile. >> >> Jeri >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimberly >> Qualls >> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 11:45 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Frustrations >> >> Oh man, days like that all of the time!...My son is ADHD, so he tends to >> set >> things down, just about anywhere, so needless to say, on my bad days, I >> usually knock over a cup of chocolate milk and put my hand in last >> night's >> cereal before I realize that I should go somewhere and sit >> down...lol...And >> my husband will be the first to tell me...I'm just extremely damned glad >> when things do work out in the kitchen, because a couple of years ago, I >> would have given up on it when it didn't go well, and after meeting all >> of >> you, I can say that if you keep trying, I can too...So, after those days >> mellow out, I'll catch y'all back in the kitchen...(grin) >> >> On 1/12/13, Debbra Piening <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Oo, that's a scary one. I'm blocking on mine at the moment, but I >>> know I've had those, too. Like you, I've learned I do better when I >>> take my time and remember to check things. When I rush around and try >>> to do too many things at once, I make mistakes. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeri >>> Milton >>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 11:47 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Frustrations >>> >>> Hi Vicki. Oh man, now that's a rough day if I do say so myself! >>> I too had a bit of a learning experience when my son was just three >>> months old. I had made a large pot of Navy beans and ham in the crock >>> pot. Well, when cleaning up the mess after dinner, I wiped the counter >>> around the crock pot and got a little shocked when my hand with the >>> damp rag touched the side of the cooker. I didn't think much of it >>> really. Well, a few minutes later when I went to take the inside part >>> out of the cooker, I got a jolt of electricity that dropped me to my >>> knees. I thought I was going to die and leave my family right there in >>> my kitchen floor! My husband saw me drop and he came running. Turns >>> out the cord to the crock pot was tucked down inside under the pot in >>> between the heating element and the pot. It had been like that all >>> day, just cooking away. So, from now on every time I use my slow >>> cooker I triple check my cord to make sure it is fully stretched out >>> of the inside. Woosh, I'll never forget that one. Maybe we should come >>> up with a list for blind cooks and the horror stories. Or funny >>> stories, depending on the story of course. >>> >>> Jeri >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vicki >>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 8:39 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Frustrations >>> >>> Geri and everybody, >>> >>> I think we all have them, frustrations that is. But you had three in >>> a row so it will hopefully be smooth sailing for a while. (smile) >>> >>> Not to get us off on horror stories here, Once years ago, I had this >>> glass casserole dish that I liked. Can't remember the brand. I made a >>> casserole and put it in the oven to bake. When it was done I took it >>> out with pot holders. The dish however and at some previous point >>> unbeknowns to me, developed a hair line cracke. I couldn't feel it. >>> But when I took the casserole out of the oven the bottom fell out of >>> the dish. In cleaning it up, I managed to burn myself on the oven, >>> not severely. But then in my haste, I slipped and fell in the spilled >>> casserole. So there you go. With sight that episode would have been >>> handled more easily. That's my long ago story of the day, and I'm >>> sticking to it. To this day I always inspect my cookware, especially >>> glass baking dishes. I was no worse for the ware, and a bit wiser for >>> the >> experience. >>> >>> >>> >>> Vicki >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jeri Milton" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:57 PM >>> Subject: [CnD] Cooking Frustrations >>> >>> >>>> Ok, so I'm having kitchen frustrations. I love to cook, but sometimes >>>> doing it without vision can be aggravating. Do any of you get >>>> aggravated in the kitchen? I put a beef stew on to cook all day in >>>> the slow cooker. It's a cold day here in Phoenix and a great day to >>>> smell beef stew all day long. >>>> Anyway, I was chopping vegetables and meat and washing my hands >>>> repeatedly. >>>> Ran out of paper towels so grabbed a dish towel from the drawer. Went >>>> to lay down my knife and knocked the dish towel into the dirty sink >>>> water. It was my only towel! Went to set a pan of brownies on the >>>> table because they were in my way on my small counter top and knocked >>>> over my daughters glass of apple juice. Had sticky apple juice all >>>> over the place mats on the table and under paper work, that of course >>>> shouldn't have been on the kitchen table anyway. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Anyway, I'm frustrated! 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