On 11/14/2016 5:51 PM, xmdp wrote:
> On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 5:36:36 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-11-14 11:13 AM, gmail.com wrote:
>>> I can't be the only person who, while reading a recipe, wonders what
>>> is meant when the author describes an ingredient as small, medium,
>>> large, etc. Some are easy enough (eggs, for example) but too many
>>> things are open to interpretation. How large is a large banana?
>>> I've seen many bananas and some are quite large, some are large, some
>>> could be large and others are, 'yeah, that's a large.'
>>>
>>> Is there a conversion tool somewhere 'out there' one could use to get
>>> a better interpretation of these ambiguous measurements? I realize
>>> that in many cases a 'best guess' will usually be sufficient but
>>> sometimes a specialized diet might require the cook to be more
>>> precise. I've found several limited sources but it's a bit of a pain
>>> trying to keep them all straight.
>>>
>>> Anyone?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Nope. The powers that be determined that anyone who could not tell the
>> difference between a large banana and a small one was too dumb to read a
>> chart and would have to spend his time trolling.
>
> Or he could be asking where the chart might be found. Thank you for your help and understanding, Dick.
>
Well... if he/she could find rec.food.cooking obviously he/she could
find a weight chart online. Or did the Google groups fail you gmail
users in that regard? Gee.

How much does a banana weigh? How about you check the scale at the
grocery store when you're buying bananas? Or buy a kitchen scale?

Common sense doesn't appear to be something you can weigh using a computer.

Jill