[USMA:29190] Re: Deli Meats

[Predrag Lezaic]

When we would order meat in croatia we would say "20 deka, or 30 deka" 
and so on... deka being short for dekagram. Nobody had problems ordering 
like that. You don't have to use grams. In fact I never heard anyone 
using grams when ordering meat in butcher shop or in deli in Croatia. 
Always kile (kilogram) or deka (dekagram). It is sort of a slang the way 
it was (and still is) said.

Predrag

john mercer wrote:

Hello I have been doing some research on the sale of deli meats in the 
area where i live.  i phoned a lot of different delies and they all 
price their sandwitch meats by 100 g.  I asked them if they still get 
a lot of people asking for a pound of meat they all said yes.  When a 
customer asks for a pound of meat they weigh out 450 g.  I asked them 
if their is any problem with this, they all said know.  The scales 
they use are metric only.  I am very pro metric as you all know but i 
have to admit sometimes it is easier to say i want a pound of meat 
than 454 g or 500 g.  I don't think it slaps SI in the face if 
somebody goes in to a store and asks for a pound of meat and the clerk 
weighs 450 g.  When the deli meat is wrapped after the sale it says 
the weight  in grams No ounces at all.  John .