"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>
> Carol Cohen wrote:
>
> > I'm writing to you because I can't think of better newsgroups to
> > answer my question, which is: I have always made oatmeal by the
> > recipe on the Quaker Oats box: 1/3 cup oats, 3/4 cup water. But the
> > new box reads: 1/2 cup oats, 1 cup water. (and of course the
> > calories which used to be 110, are now 150). When did the portion
> > size change? And why?
>
> When did people start to actually measure porridge ingredients?
>

I did originally because I hate thick porridge - it has the consitency of
snot and makes me gag; so I used to measure quantities until I knew the
right proportions by sight.

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