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Sheldon Sheldon is offline
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On Feb 27, 4:34�pm, (Little Malice)
wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "Sheldon" > said:
>
> > wrote:
> > > I have a great old cookbook, but all canned items are listed as a No.
> > > 2 can, No. 4 can, etc. Does anyone have today's equivalent of these
> > > can sizes?

>
> > Old cookbook... how old is old? * I doubt can sizes have changed much,
> > although new ones have been added.

>
> > Go hehttp://www.cancentral.com/standard.cfm

>
> Hey, thanks Sheldon! DH has a family cake recipe that calls for a 303
> can of fruit cocktail -- I've never gotten around to making it because
> I wasn't familiar with that size...


That's no excuse, buy a #10 can... use what you think you need for the
cake and pig out on the rest, with whipped cream! hehe

Sheldon