Tracy wrote:
>
> 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.)

They were 15oz the last time I looked. Thieving *******s...