2002-11-23 I don't know the first thing about baking. So, I'm not sure if the yield is right or wrong.
But, when I added up the ingredient masses I came out to something about 8.5 kg. I weighed some eggs I had and determined their mass to vary between 50 g and 60 g each. I assumed a tablespoon to be 15 g. I wasn't about to look up the density of baking soda and salt in order to get a more accurate mass of these items. And I assumed a density for the milk to be the same as water (1 kg/L). I converted the 14 pounds to 7 kg. Thus the mass of the yield is about 1.5 kg less than the total mass of the ingredients added up. I can only assume that the difference can be accounted for by the fact that the milk is mostly water and either all of or a portion of that water evaporates while baking. The mixture of units, as Terry noted, comes from the fact that those items in Ireland sold in metric quantities are stated in the recipes in metric quantities, and those sold in FFU, such as butter are stated in FFU. What I thought was strange was the spelling out of the unit names instead of using symbols. This can be a turn-off to metric illiterate types. Metric can be seen as simpler and easy with the use of simple, recognisable symbols. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-11-21 22:27 Subject: [USMA:23537] RE: Strange Recipe > It really doesn't make much sense at all, does it? Not only are the units a > hodge-podge, but the yield is just plain wrong. > > You have to remember, though, not to expect too high a standard from > in-flight magazines. Some of the international airlines have exceptional > ones, but the domestic ones seem to be full of articles by writers who > probably couldn't get employment anywhere else. And, of course, the > magazines are produced, under contract, by a publishing company, not by the > airline itself. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > kilopascal > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 18:02 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:23535] Strange Recipe > > > 2002-11-21 > > Today, I took a day trip from Cleveland to Evansville, Indiana. I flew on > Delta Airlines. While in the seat, I happened to glance through their > magazine (SKY) and came across the strange recipe that I tore out and > scanned it. > > Enjoy! > > John >
