"Pete C." wrote:
>
> 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...

Yep, 15oz "pound" containers in two brands. I looked when I was at the
grocery store this evening.