"l, not -l" > wrote in message ...
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| On 1-Jun-2010, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
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| > I've got a recipe with this ingredient:
| > 2 cans water-packed chunk white chicken (10 oz.), drained.
| >
| > I'm planning to make half the recipe and I can't decide if that measure
| > as stated is to be 10 ounces total or 20 ounces (2 cans, 10 ounces each).
| > My chicken breast half weighs about 6.5 ounces and I'm trying to decide
| > what to do.
| >
| > I await your counsel. You've got until about 5:30 p.m., CDT.
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| It would be useful to know the other ingredients and amounts to better
| interpret the chicken requirements. Regardless, I checked my pantry and
| found both large and small cans of Swanson's Chunk Chicken. The small can
| is 4.5 ounces, the large is 12.5 ounces. The large can states "28% more
| than 9.75 ounce can", implying (??) competor's can holds 9.75 ounces.

Swanson's Chicken is in 3, 4.5, 9.75 and 12.5 ounce cans:
http://www.campbellsoup.com/swansonchicken.aspx
Not that it matters...

pavane