On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 2:43:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 8:21:20 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> > In my world, a capital T is always a tablespoon, and a small t is always a
> > teaspoon. You can't get much more abbreviated than that.
> >
> > N.
> >
> >
> Amen. I always saw recipes with T. for tablespoon and
> t. for teaspoon. Within the last 20 years or so I started
> seeing tsp. and Tbl./Tbls. etc. and all I can think what
> started this is young cooks who started watching the
> cooking shows and were confused with the standard
> abbreviations. Does that sound plausible?

I've seen tsp and tbsp, etc. for years. For myself, I use T and t,
to reduce typing. For others, I usually spell the words out.

Cindy Hamilton