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In article >,
wrote:
> "Peter Aitken" >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>
> >It's area that matters, or course.
> >
> >For a round pan:
> >
> >1) Take half the diameter (half of 10 in your case, or 5)
> >2) Multiply it by itself (5x5 = 25)
> >3) Multiply by 3.14 = 78 sq inches appx.
> >
> >For rectangular, just multiple length by width:
> >
> >13 x 9 = 117 sq inches.
> >
> >So 1.5 times as large is just right.
>
> My mom used to have a handwritten recipe card with lots of what equals
> what
> so she could easily adjust her recipes. I wonder if I have that?
>
> Enviously yours too,
> Carol
Some cookboobs have charts, too.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sweet Potato Follies added 2/24/05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.
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