Goomba wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>
>>> CHEESECAKE (Pete C.)
>>>
>>> 1 lb ricotta 16 oz cream cheese
>> snippage...
>>
>>
>> what's the difference between 1 lb and 16 oz.???
>> I just think that's funny....
>>
>> -Tracy
>
> probably because that is the way the items themselves are labeled in the
> market.
> Cream cheese is sold in 3 ounce and 8 ounce blocks, for example.

Well, yeah, I know, I just though it was a bit funny.
I probably would have written "2 8 ounce packages of cream cheese" though.
A pound is a pound.....

Tracy
(wondering now if ricotta is still packaged in one pound
containers....hmmm. It wouldn't surprise me if the manufacturers knocked
off an ounce or two.)