Yesterday I went shopping. The buses for the Home Economist and Talley's came at the same time and I had an impulse to go to Talley's. I looked at the meat counter for a package of some cut I'm interested in. Finding none, I ask for 400 grams of boneless chicken thighs.
The butcher pulls out the tray of chicken thighs. "What's that in ounces or pounds?" "I dunno." I have the conversion factor in a program, but it's not something I keep in my head. He consults with some other people trying to figure it out. Meanwhile I remember seeing a can labeled "15 oz 425 g", but he's too busy talking with them. He weighs some chicken thighs and wraps them up. I stuff some more food in my bag. A while later, I return to the meat counter and pull out a four-pack of frozen açaí pulp, 100 grams each. "I should have gotten these first. They're 400 grams." I got home and weighed the package. It was 473 grams, including the paper. phma
