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Default Just ordered a new cookbook

On Thursday, February 6, 2014 2:32:08 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> Janet > wrote:
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> >In article >,

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> >> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 11:39:33 -0000, Janet > wrote:

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> >> > In article >,

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says...
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> >> > > My wife has checked this out from the library so many

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> >> > > times that we went ahead and bought it.

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451685874/
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> >> > > It's for kids, but she says it's the best beginner

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> >> > > cookbook for anyone of any age. By clicking on the

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> >> > > other sellers link, I ended up getting it for $7.99

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> >> > > with Prime shipping.

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> >> > That looks like a great book for kids. However, can you tell me are the

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> >> > recipe measurements all in US cups? Or weights?

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> >> If you'd taken a moment to "look inside", you'd see the recipes are in

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> >> measures... obviously written for an American audience.

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> > Which is exactly why I asked.

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> > I did look inside, and all the recipes I saw were in cups. However,

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> >one of the Amazon reviews said

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> >"Sadly, though, the measures are listed solely in U.S. imperial units".

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> > That's why I asked Bryan, who has the book, if ALL the recipes are in

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> >cups, because I can't see any in Imperial.

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> The reviewer doesn't know the difference between U.S. and Imperial.
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> A lot of people don't. All I can remember is that an Imperial pint
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Imperial pint--
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/574/
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> Cindy Hamilton
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--B