Pierre Abbat wrote: "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 would say approximately 12.5 ounces. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:43 AM Subject: [USMA:36714] at the butcher > 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 >
