Patty wrote:
<A stone is 20 US pounds. I was taught by some Catholic religious
brothers in high school and Brother Samuel reported that he had
gained some weight to his mother in a letter, but had used American
weights, i.e. pounds and she was practically hysterical when she
thought he had gained 10 stone! (200 pounds!)>
So how many US ounces in a US pound?
I know that in the UK a stone is 14 pounds and there are 16 dry ounces in a
pound. Also there are 100 US pounds in a hundredweight and in the UK 112
pounds in a hundredweight.
The UK there are 20 fluid ounces in a pint and gallon is 8 pints.
In the US there are 16 fluid ounces in a pint, and a US gallon is roughly 4
fifths of a UK one.
Even teaspoon and cups measurements are different, and this can cause no end
of problems cooking with a US recipe in the UK. Fortunately all my kitchen
measuring equipment has both measurements on.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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